16 JULY 1932, Page 19

THE WETS AND THE DRYS [To the Editor of the

SPECTATOR.]

SIR,—Another Horatian reference to the " wets " and the " drys " is to be found in the Fifth Ode of the Fourth Book, where, however, the difference is a matter of hour, not prin-

ciple : " dieimue integre

eirei mane die, dieimue uvidi cum eel Oceano subest."

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