THREE MODERN CARTWRIGHTS 
produce these in captivity has been one of the 
many schemes of the active brain of this 
Belgian Cartwright, and he has devoted many 
years to the study of the subject. He has 
five or six parks each of an acre and a half in 
extent, surrounded by strong wire netting 
fences, supported by posts eighteen feet tall. 
An overhang at the top prevents the escape 
of the active inhabitants above, while the solid 
Laurentian rock is an effectual bar below. 
Each park contains but one family, and they 
have plenty of room to roam, and plenty of 
place for concealment among the stunted 
spruces. They live well, for lobsters are 
especially procured for their table. I caught a 
glimpse of one splendid fellow running about 
with his thousand dollar coat. We were told 
that these skins are of more value than those 
of wild ones, for the animals are well looked 
after and their food supply never fails them. 
It is not, as with Indians and wild foxes, a 
short feast and a long famine. In July they 
bring forth their litters of five to nine each, and 
breed true. 
The black fox is merely a colour-phase of 
the common red fox, and not a separate species. 
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