23 DECEMBER 1922, Page 18

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In Assam it is

the custom never to cut bamboos until after full moon, as, if they are cut while the moon is waxing, the small insect which comes after the sap is in the bamboo, and in time reduces it to a condition resembling dry rot.—I Ladyswalk, Amport, Hants.