Fox -Ways. I^ 



the track or the woods through which it leads : 

 ahvays a fresh hunting story: alwaxs a disappoint- 

 ment or two, a long cold wait for a rabbit that did n't 

 come, or a miscalculation over the length of the snow 

 tunnel where a partridge burrowed for the night. 

 Generally, if vou follow far enoua:h. there is al.-o a 

 ston,- of QTOod huntintr which lea\"es xou waA'eriu''-'' 

 between congratulation o\-er a successful stalk after 

 nights of hungry, jjatient wandering, and jjitv for the 

 little tragedy told .>o vi\"idly by converging trails, a few 

 red drops in the snow, a bit of fur blown about bv the- 

 wind, or a feather clinging listle-.-lv to the underbru-h. 

 In such a trampj one learns much of fo.x-wav^ and other 

 wav.-. that can ne\-er be learned el.-^ewhere. 



The fox whose life has been ^^pent on the hillsides 

 surrounding a Xew England village seems to have 

 profited by generations of experience. He is much 

 more cunning every way than the fox of the wilder- 

 ness. If, for instance, a fox ha> been stealing your 

 chickens, your trap must be very cunninglv set if vou 

 are to catch him. It will not do to set it near the 

 chickens; no inducement will be great enough to 

 bring him within yards of it. It must be set well 

 back in the woods, near one of his regular hunting 

 grounds. Before that, however, you must bait the 



