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The Red Fox 
catch his scent? His smell 
his hole is near, not all his 
HERE is he going, this beautiful 
red fox, on this winter night? 
He is going to get some food, a 
rabbit or hare perhaps. He seems to see 
something already, for his ears are pricked 
up. See his bushy tail! Foxes are more 
varied and prettier colors than other ani¬ 
mals. What if, to-morrow morning when 
he returns from his hunt, a pack of dogs 
is peculiar, and dogs do not like it. Then, unless 
cunning will prevent him from being caught. 
The Wolf 
D O YOU know that a wolf is a kind of wild 
dog? He is, for they belong to the same 
family. He is about the size of a large 
dog, but has a bushy tail like a fox. Once he ran 
wild over all of the colder countries of the world, 
and was a great enemy to men, for he would kill 
and eat their cattle, their children, and even a 
man himself, if he was alone and without a gun. 
Not that one wolf alone was so bad, but they would 
hunt in packs and surround their prey, and leave 
no chance to escape. Some are almost black, and 
some, pure white. They have a long stride and a 
slinking gait, and watch their prey stealthily. 
The Irish Greyhound 
T HIS Irish greyhound has a little more shaggy coat than his English 
brother, whose coat is quite smooth and has no fringe of long hair 
upon it. Yet both greyhounds are tall, slender creatures, and fine 
hunters of wolves. Notice this dog’s long 
narrow muzzle. His head, too, is slender, 
and in these ways he is himself like a wolf. 
His legs are long and slender, his muscles 
wire-like, his neck long, and his chest deep. 
These facts make it possible for him to run 
at great speed. He is called a greyhound, 
though really a wolfhound, because he is 
almost always gray in color. 
