Domesticated 
nature 
Pet Foxes, Chickens and Rabbits. 
BY MISS ANNA K. BEWI.EY, FORESTGROYE, 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
The more we learn of the ways of 
wild animals the less we are apt to 
fear them. While it does not seem 
proper to endow them with human 
traits I am convinced that they have 
much more intelligence than we give 
them credit for. 
Few people for instance would at- 
tribute much individuality to grey 
foxes, but having been “personally ac- 
quainted” with about twenty of them 
at different times during a period of 
perhaps five years, I am convinced that 
no two of them are alike in disposition. 
They may have similar characteristics 
but are not alike. 
Last summer we had two young 
grey foxes about six weeks old. One 
“nest” at the same time and in the 
same manner. As neither had been 
hurt there could have been no other 
reason for their behavior than per- 
sonality. 
Every one that has had much to do 
with chickens will note the marked in- 
dividuality of hens, no two being alike. 
As to rabbits, I think them the least 
intelligent of all animals. A tame rab- 
bit will allow any one to handle it, 
while a wild one fears almost anything. 
Foxes, however, are able to distinguish 
between people. I have at the present 
time a fox that no one else can handle. 
Nature’s mirrors are the best, 
Framed in fragrant green, 
And never in their liquid depths 
Is aught but beauty seen. 
— Emma Peirce. 
THE HAPPY FAMILY! 
would permit himself to be handled 
and petted and would take food daintily 
from one’s hand, showing his apprecia- 
tion in various ways such as allowing 
himself to be posed for his picture, in 
company with the cat. dog, rabbits or 
chickens. The other would not eat at 
all when any one was looking or was 
near his pen. These foxes were broth- 
ers, having been taken from the same 
A Dog’s Memory. 
BY DOROTHY A. BALDWIN, HARDWICK, 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
An interesting instance of a dog’s 
memory and keenness of scent was 
shown by a Scotch collie belonging to 
my sister. 
She had brought the dog with her 
on a visit to us in the fall, returning 
