an run. But in about half a mile the
fox, becoming played out, stops to rest a moment and to look around to
see if the dog is still following. Then, on seeing the dog still in
pursuit, he sets off in another great burst of speed. Meanwhile, the
dog has gained on him, and the fox, discovering this, bolts off at a
different angle. The dog, however, observing what has happened, takes
advantage of his quarry, and cuts the corner and thereby makes another
gain. The fox, now more alarmed than ever, makes another turn, and the
dog cuts another corner and makes another gain. Thus the race goes on
until the fox comes to the conclusion that the dog is sure to get him,
loses both heart and wind and finally lies down from sheer exhaustion.
The dog rushes at him, seizes him between the forelegs, and with one
crunch the hunt is over.

It is much the same in the deep snow of the timberland. There the fox
will start off with great bounds that sink him deep into the snow and
make the scent only the stronger for the dog. Meanwhile, the dog lopes
steadily along, though far out of sight. The fox stops to listen and
learn if his enemy is still pursuing him. When the dog finally comes
into view, the fox changes his course, and the dog cuts the corner, and
thus the story ends in the usual way.

OTHER WAYS OF TRAPPING

As the methods of hunting the wolf, the marten, the lynx, and the
wolverine are founded on the various ways of trapping the fox, a full
description of how foxes are hunted may be of interest. Then, too, the
reader will be enabled to understand more easily, without unnecessary
repetition, the modes of trapping other animals. My description,
however, will apply only to the hunting of the crafty coloured foxes of
the forest, and not to their stupid brethren of the Arctic coasts--the
white and the blue foxes.

Of course, every Indian tribe believes its own manner of hunting to be
the master way, but it is conceded by experienced fur-traders that the
Ojibway method is the best. When setting a fox trap in the winter
time, the first thing an Ojibway does is to jab into the snow, small
end down, and in an upright position, the clog or drag-pole. With his
knife he then cuts a hole in the snow exactly the size of the set trap,
the plate of which has already been daubed with mixed bait. In this
hole the trap is placed in such a position that it rests about half an
inch below the surface of the snow. A thin shield of b