fumets

Updated: May 19, 2025

At supper that night, his father declared that at his age a boy should begin to hunt; and he arose and brought forth an old writing-book which contained, in questions and answers, everything pertaining to the pastime. In it, a master showed a supposed pupil how to train dogs and falcons, lay traps, recognise a stag by its fumets, and a fox or a wolf by footprints.

Gustave Flaubert - Three short works: The Dance of Death, the Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller, a Simple Soul.