. William J. Long and his books : a pamphlet consisting chiefly of typical letters and reviews in reply to Mr. Burroughs' attack on Mr. Long . , is theresult of teaching andexperience. Mr. Burroughs deniesabsolutely the story ofthe fox that broughtpoison to her is a difficulty inthat story which I hopesome day to have e t o n ex-plain; butMr. Bur-roughs doesnot discoverit. Yet mostof it is true to both fox and wolf natures as I knowthem. Mr. Richard Maddox, an Eng-lish gentleman who has hunted eachyear for over twenty years in the Cana-dian Rockies and in Ontario, told methat
. William J. Long and his books : a pamphlet consisting chiefly of typical letters and reviews in reply to Mr. Burroughs' attack on Mr. Long . , is theresult of teaching andexperience. Mr. Burroughs deniesabsolutely the story ofthe fox that broughtpoison to her is a difficulty inthat story which I hopesome day to have e t o n ex-plain; butMr. Bur-roughs doesnot discoverit. Yet mostof it is true to both fox and wolf natures as I knowthem. Mr. Richard Maddox, an Eng-lish gentleman who has hunted eachyear for over twenty years in the Cana-dian Rockies and in Ontario, told methat a mother wolf brought poison toher two cubs that were kept chained onhis ranch and killed them both in pre-cisely this way. Mr. Burroughs treats my own books, and especiallymy School of the Woods, with even less denies the facts absolutely because he has not seenthem on his farm, and therefore they cannot be also denies the theories. There is absolutely nosuch thing as an animal teaching her young — thereis nothing in the dealings of an animal with her youngthat in the remotest way suggests human instruction. 29 ^1. A Letter from Mr. Long
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