17 DECEMBER 1927, Page 16

- [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,— May -Monsieur

-Itcynard speak ? Speed and cunning are the proud accomplishments of the hunted animal. These I possess because -I-have always been hunted-- by wolves and jackals in uncivilized countries, by horsemen and hounds in civilized ones. This causes me suffering, but only natural suffering. It may he cruel, but it is only the every- day cruelty of Nature. It is far better than the writhing agony of a slow death from poison, a festering limb from a trap or wounds from a shot-gun--- and, may I say it, please Mr. Master?-- the jab of a spade when I am dug out.