3 MAY 1913, Page 17

BANSTEAD MUTTON.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."' Six,—In your review of Mr. Lambert's "History of Banstoad,"

you quote A.uhrey's statement that, the place "is famous for its small sweet mutton." One is reminded of- Pope's lines

" To Hounslow-heath I point and Bansted-down : Thence comes your mutton, and these chicks my own."

(Imitations of Horace).

Is Banstead mutton a thing of the past P—I am, Sir, 8cc., C. L. D.