19 DECEMBER 1931, Page 18

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR ,—I came across

a family of water diviners in Essex some years ago, but only the female- members possessed the power.- Even the little girl of six had it, though she lost it temporarily during an illness.

Her father told me that he and his sons could have made money by it abroad, but they were entirely without the power, and the mother, who possessed it, refused to "cross the water." She used an ordinary hair-pin when giving me a

demonstration.—! am, Sir, &c., EDITH H. HERBERT. 10, Burns Avenue, Nottingham.