31 OCTOBER 1970, Page 18

Spider in loo Sir: What makes Mr Armwrighter deny (Letters,

10th October) that the lavatory bowl is what one washes one's hands in after using the w.c. (sc, water-closet)?

G. Corderoy Oxford & Cambridge University Club, Pall Mall, swl Sir: Be your age, Spectator. Spiders fall everywhere, but from baths, washbasins and the like they can't clamber out again.

John M. Gittens 92 Eton Hall, Eton College Road, London, Nw3