The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life part 3 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 213
sniffing the snow and the air, until al- 190 ANIMAL TRACKS AND OTHER STUDIES most within reach of the first bait. He is justabout to seize it, when, suddenly, he stops. Whatis that ? Too well he knows. Mingled with thedelicious odor of the meat is a taint—the scent ofa human hand! Not so fast, O… … FIG. 5. TRACKS OF A HARE AND A FOX. to touch that scrap of meat with your bare hand,and so you spoiled your whole plot. Instantly thewolf checks his ravenous appetite, steps back inhis own tracks with the utmost caution and pre-cision, and, in spite of the hunger that is inwardlyconsuming him, sets…
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