FOXES 



the time. I have seen fox burrows where the 

 ground for a considerable space on all sides was 

 fairly carpeted with hen's feathers, and others 

 where partly eaten muskrats and skunks were 

 decidedly in evidence. 



Although foxes roam impartially over all sorts 

 of country, high or low, forest or open, they 

 have their established runways, as they are called, 

 where the majority of them travel in going from 

 place to place. 



These are not paths like the paths of deer 

 and rabbits, but are in places a quarter of a 

 mile or more in width, and conform to a certain 

 extent to the relative position of farmhouses and 

 bridges; for though fond of hunting by the edge 

 of the water, foxes have a most decided aversion 

 to wet feet, and, except in the winter, have be- 

 come largely dependent on bridges for crossing 

 even the smaller streams, and their runways 

 seldom pass between houses that are not at 

 least half a mile apart. The course of one of 



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