22 AUGUST 1908, page 17

An Experience With A Territorial Field Battery.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] Si.n,-Knowing your interest in all that concerns our citizen soldiers, I think you may like to hear something of the experiences of a......

Poetry.

THE BRUMBIES.* THERE are steeds upon many a Western plain That have never bowed to a bit or rein, That have never tightened a trace or chain. They feed in the blue grass,......

The Increased Yield Of Corn Crops.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.' I SIR,—I have not read the article by Mr. W. Beach Thomas referred to in your issue of the 15th inst., but your summary of his statements is......

A Phantom City.

[To TUE EDITOR or TUC " SP RCTATOR."] SIR,—After reading the account of the mirage seen off the coast of Connemara (Spectator, August 15th) my first act was to procure a map of......

Military Training.

[TO TRH EDITOR OF TOO " SP scrA - roic.'1 Sin,—Referring to your remarks in last week's " News of the Week," I should like as an engineering employer to point out bow easy it......

The Elephants At The Franco-british Exhibition.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sru.,—I venture to beg your assistance in a protest. My grievance is with that part of the performance in the Indian Arena which consists in......

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