. Wild animals I have known and 200 drawings [microform]. Animal behavior; Animaux. Wofly -il's Hole :Vs in the i was safe, thing more ys escaped ane of the ?evil's Fox I doubt at ine, making •scapes, and to kill from i that Digbjr Ulost seven ;e duck-pond :ely a night lad to report I, and, finally [attributed to t was known at least one e never was en. And it i. the stanch est iKwndi in the pack, had refiaed to tongoB m even to follow the trail when he was hunted. His reputation for madness sufficed to makt the master of the Peak hounds avoid the neigh- borhood. The farmers in Monsaldale, led
. Wild animals I have known and 200 drawings [microform]. Animal behavior; Animaux. Wofly -il's Hole :Vs in the i was safe, thing more ys escaped ane of the ?evil's Fox I doubt at ine, making •scapes, and to kill from i that Digbjr Ulost seven ;e duck-pond :ely a night lad to report I, and, finally [attributed to t was known at least one e never was en. And it i. the stanch est iKwndi in the pack, had refiaed to tongoB m even to follow the trail when he was hunted. His reputation for madness sufficed to makt the master of the Peak hounds avoid the neigh- borhood. The farmers in Monsaldale, led bf Jo, agreed among themselves that if it would only come on i snow, they would assemble and beat the whole country, and in defiance of all rules of the hunt, get rid of the < daft' fox in any way they could. But the snow did not come, and the red-haired gentleman lived hit life. Notwithstanding his madness, he did not lack method. He never came two successive nights to the same farm. He never ate where he killed, and he never left a track that betrayed his retreat. He usually finished up his night*f trail on the turf, or on a public highway. Once I saw him. I was walking to Monsal- dale from Bakewell late one night during a heavy storm, and as I turned the corner of Stead's sheep-fold there was a vivid flash of light- ning. By its light, there was fixed on my ret- ina a picture that made me start. Sitting on his haunches by the roadside, twenty yards •way, was a very large fox gazing at me with 391. ill. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York : Grosset & Dunlap
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