Torquay, May 12.
[Lord Brougham, in his _Dialogues on Instinct_ (ed. 1844, p.
110.), does not allude to this proverbial instance, but says: "I
know not if it (the Fox's cunning) was ever more remarkably
displayed than in the Duke of Beaufort's country; where Reynard,
being hard pressed, disappeared suddenly, and was, after strict
search, found immersed in a water pool up to the very snout, by
which he held a willow bough hanging over the pond."]
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