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Rh fancy to them, and Franklin assures us that fat fox is better than lean venison. They also appear, whether from choice or necessity, to have been eaten during the Stone Period. This conclusion is derived from the fact

that the bones often present the marks of knives, and have been opened for the sake of the marrow. While, however, the fox is very frequent in the pile-works of the Stone Epoch, it has not yet been found in any settlement belonging to the Bronze Period. Oddly enough, the dog