FOX-HUNTING. 187 
that my dog came up with the fox, and brought him to bay, 
but as the latter was the larger, Prince was afraid to lay 
hold, and on my advancing too close to the belligerents 
Pug would make off again, to stop when he thought him- 
self out of harm’s way. 
Next morning I instituted a search, which was unsuc- 
cessful; but a week afterward, when shooting wood grouse 
in the same vicinity, I accidentally came across the carcass 
of a dead black fox, partly immersed in a pool of stagnant 
water, which had utterly destroyed what must have been a 
most perfect and prime pelt. 
Those fond of fox-hunting can have it to repletion in all 
parts of the country ; for when the red is not to be found, 
the gray fox, kit or cross fox, and swift fox take their 
place. 
