18 OCTOBER 1879, Page 15

THE SCOTCH "FLEES."

[TO THE EDITOR Or TEE " SPECTATOR.") SI11,—'Tis but a small matter, yet even flies don't like to be mis- taken for fleas. You quote the old Scotch proverb, "Let that flee stick i' the wa," with " flea" instead of" flee." " Plea" in Scotch is " fleoh," with a strong guttural, preserving the original guttural of the A.S. " floah." " Flee" is good Scotch