WARDE FOWLER
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]
SIR,—In his "Country Life" notes of January 18th my old friend Sir William Beach Thomas writes : " Warde Fowler reversed the role of Gilbert White. He was a classical scholar first and a lover of birds second." I have a recollection of Warde Fowler which suggests the contrary order. Just thirty years ago we were both on the old ' Argonaut,' cruising down the Asia Minor coast. We touched at Assos (where Paul, returning from his third journey, met his ship after going overland from Troas) to see the striking remains of its Hellenic walls. After going through a particularly noble gateway I came on Warde Fowler looking the other way I asked him if he had seen the gate. With a quiet smile he replied : " No, I came here to see the birds." The answer
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