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temptation for the kits who would chase it, when quick as a flash, 
he would turn and grasp one, without hurting it but with such a 
look of pleasure and conquest. This feat would be accomplished 
frequently till all preferred rest or another pastime. 
n apple tree stood near the pine, and the young fruit fell freely. 
With these apples the fox would amuse himself by the hour, play- 
ing ball, tossing them and running after them, or tossing them up 
and catching them in his mouth, also chasing the leaves as they fell 
to the ground, but he never inclined to gather any materials to 
make a nest, nor to eat the sour apples. 
For persons, he manifested great preferences, and the children 
who came daily to play with him were no exception. From some, 
he would take almost anything, especially enjoying a play with 
their hair as they lay in the grass with him, or to lick their faces 
and feet, from others he required due reserve, though he never 
attempted to bite, but often snuffed at them, and held his mouth 
slightly open, as a cat will, when some disagreeable odor is perceived. 
When a stranger appeared he was manifestly “foxy,” running 
away as far as he could, and was not readily coaxed by dainty 
morsels, until some friend came, by whose manner he was assured.. 
My aged grandfather was always kind to him, though in heart he - 
accused him of possible treachery. Did the fox detect this, or why 
did he in turn always manifest a marked distrust inhim? Like a 
dog, he recognized the foot fall of his friends at a long distance, 
and would start up and wait for their approach, manifesting great 
Joy on their arrival. 
leaping off to one side, or concealing himself behind a bush. 
hen once caught and in our arms, or returned to the house, or his. 
kennel, he could not sufficiently express his joy, lapping our hand: 
, taces, rolling over and over, turning summersaults, ete., ete., im 
rapid succession. Never was a lost dog happier to find his home 
than the fox to find his, 
al At an early age he manifested a slight tendency to burrow, but 
Ways in the same place, by the side of his kennel, digging it out 
Sune it up again, but never, even as winter approached, did 
e make a space long enough for his body, nor deep enough to: 
conceal himself, rather, only a shallow trench. Was this lack of 
