1 SEPTEMBER 1894, Page 15

A FLYING SHIP.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR,"] Sin,—A Brazilian priest, Father Bartholomew Laurent, in- vented a flying ship in the year 1709. A very curious description and an engraving of the ship is given in a news- paper called the Evening Post, which was published in the reign of Queen Anne.—I am, Sir, &c., H. E. WATNEY.