THE FOX 



HE fox is called the slyest and most 

 cunning of our common wild animals. 

 From the time of earliest animal lore, to 

 "old Reynard," have been ascribed attributes which 

 would lead us to believe him to be endowed with 

 something that many are unwilling to concede to the 

 lower animals, — something that seems more than mere 

 instinct, a something akin to reason. 



The fox is wily and cunning and sagacious, to 

 such a degree that he taxes to the utmost the ability 

 of our best huntsmen. Even with the aid of trained 

 hounds and with a knowledge of the runway of the 

 fox, the sportsmen are often eluded and outwitted by 

 the artful Reynard. Traps, deadfalls, and all sorts 

 of devices are used for his capture, and his ability to 

 escape them can but command a certain respect from 

 his human pursuers, a respect which cannot be felt 

 for an animal like the opossum. 



In the shadowy depths of his mother's burrow, the 

 baby fox first opens his eyes upon a world in which 



