The fox jumped on the back of a large ram, which, in fright, ran off about half a mile.

The fox then jumped off and continued his run.

When the hounds came up we urged them on to the point where the fox dismounted, and soon had his brush." * * * * * Another correspondent calls my attention to the fact that, in Virginia, hunting is not merely the sport of the rich, but that the farmers are enthusiastic members of the field--sometimes at the expense of their cattle and crops.

He relates the following story illustrative of the point of view of the sporting Virginia farmer: "A man from the Department of Agriculture came down into our section to look over farms and give advice to farmers.

He went to see one farmer in my county and found that he had absolutely nothing growing, and that his livestock consisted of three hunters and thirty-two couples of hounds.