220 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. 



found the retreats of four wily individuals who lived 

 within a radius of three miles in the valley first 

 named. One of them visited a neighboring farm one 

 morning very early, before the family appeared, and 

 was seen complacently sitting in the middle i, 

 of the road not far from the pet white 

 cat. Puss did not seem in the least 

 disconcerted by the strange visitor 

 although he sat not ten yards 

 away ; undoiibtedly he 

 would have found his 

 match in the cat if 

 he had dared to 

 attack her. 



Keynard's proper 

 environment is the 

 hillside pasture that 

 borders the wood ; 

 here he is seen — if 

 one is lucky enough 

 to catch a glimpse 

 of him — at the best 

 advantage ; his bushy tail, his splendid coat, and his 

 vigilant eye are not eclipsed by the leafy under- 

 growth of the half -lit woods; and,, what is best of 

 all, one has a good chance to see his nimble legs beat 

 a hasty retreat. There is nothing doglike in his ap- 





In the hillside pasture. 



