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THE BLUE FOX. 
and men go out to take the Fox in a trap for the 
sake of its skin. Joe Neal told me that the men 
find the Fox very sly ; when the day's hunt is over, 
and they sit down by the fire to rest, the Fox will 
come very near, and even peep into the pot to see 
what is to be got to eat. He will come up with so 
soft a step that no one can hear him, and will poke 
his nose into the pot, and try to take out the meat. 
If the men stir, or turn to look at him, off he runs, 
as fast as he can ; and then, when all are at rest, he 
will come back, and try once more to get the meat 
out of the pot. You will want to know what the 
Blue Fox can get to eat in so cold a land, but he 
will find more than one kind of bird, such as the 
wild duck, and the swan ; and he will eat fish as 
well, for at the time of the year when it is most 
cold, and no bird will stay, the Fox also goes, and 
gets near the sea, so as to pick up any fish that 
may be left by the surf. 
