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And dost thou not recollect how generously glad we were, as if our own case, that honest reynard, by the help of a lucky stile, over which both old and young tumbled upon one another, and
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Ah! He had been foxed, bewitched by reynard or _tanuki_
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A pretty run would reynard give his pursuers, and often the shades of evening would be falling ere the hunters would return to Elmwood, a tired, bedraggled and hungry group.
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Than three-parts mutton, with a strain of reynard --
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After many unsuccessful chases Billy recommended that the black reynard be let alone, saying he was near akin to another sable and wily character.
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But reynard had his reasons for what he did; he had spied
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What a clear, nervous track reynard makes! how easy to distinguish it from that of a little dog, -- it is so sharply cut and defined!
In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs
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In vain huntsman Trochu and his first whip, Ducrot, blow their horns, and crack their whips; the wily reynard, after putting his nose outside his retreat, heads back, and makes for inaccessible fastnesses, with which long habit has made him familiar.
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The animal's ear is keen; the slightest defect in the imitation betrays the trap, and away canters alarmed reynard at railroad speed.
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Once arrived at the post where he expects to meet reynard, he looks carefully about for signs of tracks, and having discovered fresh ones, he follows them, keeping a very sharp look-out.
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