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SIR,—The Russian Admiral may quote a precedent for the attack

upon the North Sea trawlers, for Thucydides (Book II., chap. 67) states that "the Lacedaemoniaus destroyed a. enemies all whom they caught at sea, whether allies of th Athenians or neutrals."—I am, Sir, &c., Durham. H. KYNASTON, D.D.