25 JANUARY 1919, Page 16

CAMOUFLAGE.

(To ran EDITOR or THE SPECTATOR.", SIR,—CIANCS Dietionneire Etymologique, 1917 edition (which is the only book dealing with the derivations of words of the last few years), gives camouiler, deguiser, italien camuffare "; whereas " camoufiet," which he considers to belong to a differ- ent family, is given as " origin inconnue." The various mean- ings of " camoullet " are therefore beside the point.—I am,