Show TOOK THE PREY the trick a naturalist played on an unsuspecting rov lov rev J murray in his work on the creation relates that on one occasion an acquaintance of his was out shooting wild ducks says the boston courier on reaching a bend of the stream lie he saw six wild geese out of range rang e ile he crouched lied down in the hope that they would Iv presently come nearer while thus concealed lie he observed a fox stealing down to the bank on reaching which ho he remained motionless with his eye fixed on the geese creese at length lie he retired but presently reappeared carry ingin his mouth a very largo large r bundle of moss mo lie ile entered the water silently sank bank himself and then keeping the moss above tho the water himself concealed lie he floated among 0 the geese suddenly one of them was drawn under the water and the fox soon boon appeared on the bank with the goose on his back close to the waters ed cde c lie he found a hole cau caused ed by the uprooting of a tree this hole lie he cleared out and enlarged e u placed tho the goose at the bottom of it and covered his prize with leaves and dry litter of which there was abundance close at hand the fox then took his departure and the alie interested c s ted watcher went to the hole and removed the goose taking care to restore things to their former appearance then he resolved to observe aliat followed in about half an hour the fox ro turned returned in company with another they went straight to the place where the goose had been buried and removed the earth no goose there they stood looking 0 at cadi cach other for some time an and d then mid denly the second fo fox c attacked the other oilier most furiously is as if enraged by having a trick played on him Is |