18 JANUARY 1919, Page 16

CAMOUFLAGE.

ITo THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTLTOR."1 this assist? I find in my small Li:rousse, 1907, " Camonfiet, Fumete 4paisse qu'en souffle an ner de euelou'un, Fein., mortification"; and in the Century Dictionary, 1889, " Cantoufict, F., Smoke puffed into a sleeper's face; origin unknown; Milit, a mine with a charge so small as not to produce any crater when exploded."—I am, Sir, Ac., JOHN Clcae. SAM:MAN Rhin-Hurst, Hauling Island, Havant.