Animals: Eliza Improved

Emulating Uncle Tom's Cabin's Eliza, a fox fleeing from hounds of the Genesee Valley Hunt near Geneseo, N. Y. last week darted across the thin ice of the Genesee River to safety. Whereas Eliza merely left the bloodhounds baying on the brim, Geneseo's fox lured its pursuers out on the ice, which broke under them, drowning ten of the Hunt's hounds, including Wonder and Bouncer, the two best.

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