31 OCTOBER 1931, Page 17

. [To the Editor of the SPzeraroa.]

Sir,,--Judging from Mr. Cyril Maude's letter in your issue of October 24th, very little seems to be known in this country

about the most recent developments of the art of so-called water-divining.

I have recently read a translation of a small book by Vicomte Henri de France called The Modern Dowser, which gives a simple and interesting description of the latest -methods and their application to various ends, such as the prospecting for