THE LEIGH WOODS AND THE AVON GORGE.
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR,—Thore is one point in your "note of satisfaction" (Spectator, January 30th) that the Leigh Woods, with the remarkable prehistoric camp, are to be rescued from destruction that may cause serious misunderstanding. Mr. G. A. Wills does not present this glorious piece of natural beauty to the oily of Bristol, but rather to the nation ; and it is for this purpose that Ile is entrusting its upkeep and maintenance in its present sylvan, idyllic state to (as you proceed to state) a body of trustees appointed by the Archaeological Societies, the Merchant Venturers, and the Kyrie Society. As the mover in this matter in the Council of the Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, I feel deeply the importance of this fact. Alas! this does not secure the whole of the Avon Gorge as you hope "for all time." For, beyond the line of Vie woodlands thus secured to the trustees, the quarrying will still be continued, and it is the Bristol City Corporation that are 'largely buying the stone ; so there is still work to be done by lovers of the beautiful, and that is to rescue this further part of the river from the quarrymen. Your insertion of this note may help us onward to this most desirable end.—I am, Sir, &c., JAMES BAKER, F.R.G.S.
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