Happily a champion has been found, but if he is
to win his battle, he will need sturdy backing. Mr. Burrowes, who loves his birds and his England "has entered into a contract to purchase the strip of coast, binding himself to pay L'9,000 within the next three years." It is only a question of the birds. Here is the one level part of any considerable size of the south-east coast still le-ft in its natural state. To raise this sum is a national duty and privilege. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (whose watchers have probably saved the local birds from extinction during the last eight years) have agreed to pay the last 11,000. Mr. Burrowes has given generously, as well as bound himself to a pledge which would take his all. The protection of birds and the preser vation of England are here one and the same thing. I must believe that the response will be wide and generous. Sub- scriptions should be made payable to the Dungeness Fund, and sent to the Hon. Treasurer, Percival Jackling, Manager, Lloyds Bank, Folkestone.
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