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New York, Dec. 14 — Rappahannock County, Va„ is a place of gently ruling meadows, rugged hills, serejnity, sweet country ham and quail, that burst from under the feet like feathered missiles.
It is also one of the few places in the world that is experiencing a population decrease. There is little truck fanning, no industry (except sporadic moonshining), a great deal of cattle raising, and, of course, ap abundance of the qualities 'people do not appreciate until they lose them- The result is that in the past ten years the county’s populaion j has decreased by several hundred and now hovers around sooo. !
Tlie county is a place where a prosperous farmer will drop his chores ar}d spend the morning tramping the fields with you, simply because he has a bird dog in training dnd your host does not. Or a small town lawyer will drive 40 miles tjo hunt with you because he has tw|o fine bird dogs and the habit ' Of hospitality common to places whitre people are few.
Perhaps the, squealing slums of Cairo wpuld provide a greater
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