JAN. 20, 1906.] 
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Mr. Hammerton in his “Chapters on Animals” 
remarks, that if the life of the dog was as long 
as that of the man, its intellect might be culti- 
vated to an extent of which at present we have 
no idea, 
Reynard’s Wiles. 
“For ways that are dark and tricks that are 
vain’ a red fox will compare favorably with 
any living creature, not excepting ‘‘Ah Sin” him- 
self. Among the many resources at his com- 
mand to outwit his natural enemy, the hound, 
Reynard prizes most dearly a rail fence, a road° 
and-the frozen surface of a river, and in these 
days of deep snows will rarely fail to avail him- 
self of one of these means of safety. The rail: 
raises the line of scent too high for the hound’s 
nose, the frozen river and the well-beaten road, 
besides the good footing they afford him, retain 
not a particle of the tell-tale scent so dear to 
the pursuer. 
On two occasions F. and I, as well as my 
keen-scented old hound Jeff, had found our fox 
vanish into thin air at one particular point, and 
though the snow lay deep on the ground, and 
by it we could see that the fox had come into 
the road, no amount of perseverance on our 
part revealed to us what had become of him 
after that. In vain we walked up and down the 
road in search of the tell-tale track; not a break 
in the even surface of the snow could be found, 
and we were obliged to return home and own 
ourselves outwitted, while Reynard, no doubt, 
sat watching us from some safe distance, and 
are with Puck, “What fools these mortals 
el” 
But every fox, no doubt, as well as every dog, 
must have his day, and the mystery was solved 
on the next hunt. Ensconced on a high piece 
of ground, and while the hills echoed with the 
mellow voice of the old dog, I saw the fox slip 
into the road, follow it for a hundred rods, then 
by one high leap land on top of a rail fence 
which ran at right angles with the highway, and 
bounding along the uppermost rail nimbly, 
reach a piece of plowed ground which the wind 
had blown bare of snow, run across the plowed 
field to within about ninety yards of me, when, 
jumping on a rock, he curled himself up and 
deliberately lay down to watch the effect of his 
‘little game and enjoy the discomfiture of the 
hound. I dare not move, so opening my breech- 
loader I slipped in a long-range thread-wound 
cartridge, took careful aim, and sent a charge 
ot double B shot through Reynard’s handsome 
ur. 
' But foxes know more mischievous tricks than 
this, and dear to the heart of every old fox 1s 
a scamper down the smooth surface of a frozen 
river, which, besides offering an opportunity of 
escape, often permits him to take dire revenge 
on his troublesome enemy the hound. For 
Reynard is versed in physics and knows full 
well the difference of weight between himself 
and his pursuer; instinct teaches him to a nicety 
the exact thickness of ice required to bear his 
light fur-covered body, and that on such ice his 
more ponderous enemy may not venture safely. 
If you doubt all this, stand, as I often do, so as 
to look down some swift stream almost frozen 
over and covered with light snow, and note how 
the trail of the flying fox gracefully curves to- 
ward every. hole and invariably skirts the very 
edge of every piece of swift open water. Many 
a good hound has ended his days by venturing 
to follow where his tricky enemy did lead, and I 
imagine if foxes ever laugh, and they certainly 
look as though they did, Reynard must laugh 
as he hears the echo of the hound’s deep bark 
suddenly die away and knows his game has been 
successful. But we did not laugh, F. and I, 
when all at once silence settled over the hills, 
but a minute befose musical with the cheery 
notes of old Jeff’s voice, for we knew the dog 
was on the treacherous river, and without losing 
a second F. hurried toward.a piece of open 
water not far distant. On reaching it our fears 
were at once realized. Caught in the swift cur- 
rent, benumbed with the cold and exhausted by 
the attempts he had made to save himself, old 
Jeff lay with his head on the ice, his limbs al- 
most motionless, and whining piteously. There 




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