. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . and many a time the fox disappearedthere in the same way, till at last somebody else suspected that the deadtree had something to do with the mystery ; so he cut it down one dayjust before a hunt was to come off, and then the fox was captured. The chase of the fox continues till his strength is exhausted, and heis run down by the hounds and captured. It is a great point with huntersto be in at the death in a fox-hunt; the tail or brush is generally givento the first lady who arrives on the spot; and if there are no ladies, themost gallan
. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . and many a time the fox disappearedthere in the same way, till at last somebody else suspected that the deadtree had something to do with the mystery ; so he cut it down one dayjust before a hunt was to come off, and then the fox was captured. The chase of the fox continues till his strength is exhausted, and heis run down by the hounds and captured. It is a great point with huntersto be in at the death in a fox-hunt; the tail or brush is generally givento the first lady who arrives on the spot; and if there are no ladies, themost gallant and foremost of the gentlemen receives it. The dogs areallowed to tear the body of the poor fox in order to encourage them infuture hunts, and the sport generally ends by the assemblage of the partyat a convenient place for an out-door lunch. ENDURANCE OF THE FOX. 61 George asked how far a fox could run under such circumstances, andhow long a time was usually required for his capture. That is not very easy to say, the Doctor replied; there is an in-. IN AT THE DEATH. stance on record in England of a fox that ran forty-five miles in five hours,and another that ran a little more than sixty miles in six hours and a Virginia a fox has been known to run fifty miles and then escape, andruns of twenty-five and thirty miles are not at all uncommon. Generally,however, a hunt is concluded at the end of eight or ten miles, and some-times the run is so short that the dogs and hunters are not fairly warmedto their work before the animal is taken and the sport is over. The fox displays quite as much cunning in hunting his game as hedoes in escaping from those who are trying to make game of him. Hewill lie for hours in the bushes at the edge of a pond where there areducks or geese, and by waving the bushy end of his tail he excites theircuriosity, and causes them to come near enough to enable him to seize 62 THE YOUNG NIMRODS. one of them in his jaws. He takes the unlucky bird by th
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