14 Ways of Wood Folk. 



came by within ten feet of the ambush. The tracks 

 showed that the bird was a Ijit suspicious ; he 

 stojjpcd often to look and listen. When his head was 

 turned aside for an instant the fox launched himself; 

 just two jumps, and he had him. Quick as he was, 

 the wing marks showed that the crow had started, and 

 was pulled down out of the air. Reynard carried 

 him into the densest thicket of scrub j)incs he could 

 find, and ate him there, doubtless to avoid the attacks 

 of the rest of the flock, which followed him screaming 

 vengeance. 



A strong enmity exists between crows and foxes. 

 Wherever a crcjw finds a fox, he sets uj) a clatter that 

 draws a flock about him in no time, in great excite- 

 ment. They chase the fox as long as he is in sight, 

 cawing v(jciferously, till he creejis into a thicket of 

 scrub pines, into which no crcjw will ever venture, 

 and lies down till he tires tnit their jjatience. In 

 hunting, one may frecpiently trace the exact course 

 of a fox which the dogs are driving, by the ciows 

 clamoring over him. Here in the snow was a record 

 that may help explain one side of the feud. 



Prom the same white ]jage one may read many 

 other stories of Iveynarrl's ways and doings. Indeed 

 I know of no more interesting winter walk than an 

 afternoon spent on his last night's trail through the 

 soft snow. There is always something new, either in 



