. Familiar wild animals . ral hollow treesand from time to time visited them, occasionallyfinding an opossum. He was not very talkative atfirst, but gradually warmed up to the subject of opos-sum hunting, and told me that when he was a boyand lived in Old Virginny, we all used to hunt depossum and de coon, for dey bofe is mighty good toeat. While talking we were gradually making our waythrough the timber, and when we came to the edge The Opossum 19 of the clearing Uncle Robert called a halt. Immedi-ately before us was an old hollow apple tree* Theboy nimbly climbed to the hollow. One glance wa
. Familiar wild animals . ral hollow treesand from time to time visited them, occasionallyfinding an opossum. He was not very talkative atfirst, but gradually warmed up to the subject of opos-sum hunting, and told me that when he was a boyand lived in Old Virginny, we all used to hunt depossum and de coon, for dey bofe is mighty good toeat. While talking we were gradually making our waythrough the timber, and when we came to the edge The Opossum 19 of the clearing Uncle Robert called a halt. Immedi-ately before us was an old hollow apple tree* Theboy nimbly climbed to the hollow. One glance was enough and he exclaimed, OLord, Uncle Robert, a possum! The cavity was a shallow one, and I succeeded inmaking a photograph before the opossum was re-moved from his snug nest. When removed he provedto be a large fat specimen, bout as good as down-South possum, Uncle Robert declared. The old man thought as long as I was taking photo-graphs it would be proper for me to photograph depossum and decoon togedder. A good idea!. THE FOX (HE fox is called the slyest and mostcunning of our common wild the time of earliest animal lore, toold Reynard, have been ascribed attributes whichwould lead us to believe him to be endowed withsomething that many are unwilling to concede to thelower animals,—something that seems more than mereinstinct, a something akin to reason. The fox is wily and cunning and sagacious, tosuch a degree that he taxes to the utmost the abilityof our best huntsmen. Even with the aid of trainedhounds and with a knowledge of the runway of thefox, the sportsmen are often eluded and outwitted bythe artful Reynard. Traps, deadfalls, and all sortsof devices are used for his capture, and his ability toescape them can but command a certain respect fromhis human pursuers, a respect which cannot be feltfor an animal like the opossum. In the shadowy depths of his mothers burrow, the baby fox first opens his eyes upon a world in which 20
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