RURAL AKENITIES..
[To Tee EDITOR OF THE " SPECTLTOR.'1 Sra,—Since you were good enough to publish my letter some weeks ago, I have read with interest those of other correspon- dents on the same subject. I have looked in vain, however, for the suggestion of some practical cure for the offence I wrote of—that of ruthlessly dumping down household rubbish of every description in our beautiful lanes and commons. An Act of Parliament, making such insanitary disfigurement a criminal offence, seems the only solution that would have any weight with those in authority who fail to provide suitable dumping grounds for the use of villagers and others. If such Ern Act were passed, and County and Parish Councils urged their local police to see that it was enforced, the evil would surely cease to exist so far as villagers are the offenders. Possibly- measures might be taken at the same time to prevent untidy campers and picnic parties leaving their mark wherever
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