22 OCTOBER 1927, Page 15

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—My attention has been

drawn to a statement in the Spectator of October 1st that in making my report on the casting of animals for the Jewish method of slaughter I "must have used the word ' cruelty ' in a sense different from that

understood- laymen and some of my fellow scientists." I beg to stae that so far as I am concerned (Sir William Bayliss, who was also referred to in a similar way, unfortunately is dead) this statement is absolutely incorrect. There was no cruelty of any kind in the casting as I witnessed it previous to making my report.—! am, Sir, &c.,

Loughlon. LEONARD HILL.