16 SEPTEMBER 1966, Page 7

Ebe %pcctator

September 15, 1866

The week has been very damp and depress- ing. . . . The only variations in the weather of importance have been for the last three weeks that sometimes it has been dry for a day and rained all night, sometimes it has been dry for a night and rained all day, and sometimes it has rained both all day and all night. A dripping September is not usual with us, and rather dis- heartening to all classes—farmers, sportsmen, and politicians. The birds get longer reprieves in con- sequence, but it is not certain that even they would not prefer a little fine weather and heavier odds against them.