28 OCTOBER 1949, Page 20

Admirals All

SIR,—When Drake sailed out against the Spanish Armada more than half his men and ships came from the Cornish port of Fowey. It is often said that the adventurous spirit of Drake and the Elizabethans no longer exists in this country. I would like to inform you that it does still cxi,t —anyway in Fowey. I saw there recently, in the window of a grocer's shop, the gallant notice "Emergencies Welcomed."—Yours faithfully,

8a cull Street, Mevagissey, Cornwall. DAVID MCCANDLISti.