5 NOVEMBER 1898, Page 15

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SprorAToR."1 SIR,—It is difficult not

to believe that your correspondent "C. W. F." in the Spectator of October 29th was mistaken when he saw (as he alleges) a mole "with a small white root or bulb, which it carried to and put into its friend's mouth." The mole is entirely carnivorous, and under no circumstances does it eat vegetable matter.—I am, Sir, &c., SYLVANIIS.