CANARY CULTURE.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sig,—In reference to the last paragraph of your article on " Canary Culture," in the Spectator of July 14th, it may in- terest you to learn that a pair of canaries have apparently reared a brood in the bushes which surround our quadrangle. I say "apparently," for the nest has not been found ; but the old birds and two young ones are still to be seen. The cock-bird was tame enough to allow itself to be caught. The weather has been cold enough as a whole this year to make, it a fairly severe test of the birds' endurance.
I may perhaps add that the so-called Roman snails, of whose continuance in England you seemed to express some doubt a little while ago, are to be found still at the Roman Villa, near South Leigh, where I saw one a few days ago.--I
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