A fAUILT OF FOXES, Here is a pleasant family scene representing a summer day in a quiet European wood. Madame Reynard and her four 



• little ones have come out of their secluded burrow to enjoy the pleasant air. The mother is calmly content, but watchful. The two little Foxes in the fore- 

 ground are playing with each other after the manner of young Puppies. Another, nestling by the mother, finds amusement in biting a twig, and the fourth, 

 just emerging from the burrow, is very intent on the movements of a pretty Butterfly, which he will snap at if it comes nearer. The mother is a fine specimen 

 of the Fox tribe, and her tail is a beautiful " brush " which many a sportsman would like to own. ( Vulpes vulgaris.) 



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