"As I have referred in this article to a tame fox, I should like, before concluding it, to offer a few words of advice to anyone who may think of having a pet fox—that is, don't! The fox is a lovely and charming animal, but it is always a wild creature that should be roaming the country-side. I have had several tame foxes, and have known others, and can only say it is not a domesticable beast; however tame your cub may be, there sooner or later comes a time when it must either turned down in a wood or condemned to a collar and chain, the latter meaning a dull, monotonous existence for it. Far, far better let it live out its woodland life, whether short or long, with its joys and sudden dangers, its surprises and excitements."