23 DECEMBER 1916, Page 16

[To THE EDITOR ON THE " SPELT/COIL") Sin, —A few

years ago certain young cousins of mine, schoolboys at Felsted and Berkhamstead, but residing at the latter place, enjoyed themselves hugely during the Christmas holidays by ferret- ing the rat-infested barns and outhouses of the neighbourhood. The farmers were only too glad to see them, as they accounted for a great number of rodents, and they pleasurably spent wet days in compiling an illustrated record of their sport.—I am, Sir, &c., W. J. GARNETT. Royal Colonial Institute, Northumberland Avenue, W.O.