The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 73
hadseen me. He was not fifteen rods away, andwould have been an easy shot, but I would nothave killed him for all the poultry in the farm-yard. I immediately seated myself by an old stumpand focussed my field-glass upon the beautifulanimal. I had no sooner done this than the fox,which probably had… … BAIT FOR THE FOX. and then a sudden change came over the fox.My perfect quietness seemed to disturb him. Hisfrequent change of position, the occasional open-ing of the mouth, and other quick, nervous move-ments, told very plainly of the strain he wasundergoing. During this time I had lowered the…
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