Florida
SIR,—Your review of The Florida of the Incas adheres to the belief that Florida was so named by Ponce de Leon because of its flowers- " The flowery land." Ponce de Leon......
Guides To Britain
SIR,—Janus will find that the A.A. greet with lack of appreciation suggeitions that their handbook would be improved if recast on the lines of the Michelin Guide. I was informed......
Fruit And Frost
Frost probably causes baldness among fruit-bearers oftener than anything else. A method that seems both effective and cheap is that recommended by Captain Lewis of Clatterbrune,......
Rabbit Population
When one takes a walk in the early morning, the rabbit population is more obvious, even in places where few have been noticed before. Going up the road, I saw half-a-dozen in a......
Cold Comfort
SIR,—During the recent cold weather I had to go to Salisbury to meet a train which was an hour late owing to the snow. • I thought that I might find a cup of tea and a little......
Country Life
OLD Dafydd has never moved with the times. He has farmed in the same place for about forty years, and I am told things are muCh the same now as when his father had it. He gets......
Handsome Birds
Because 15f their contrasting plumage, I think magpies are among the handsomest of birds at this time of year, for now they have a sheen on them that gives them the magnificent......
Horse-sense
The Lancashire farmer was discussing horses. He had only one horse on his place, he said, but it was a grand animal, a grey Shire, twelve years old. This winter he had gone......
Freedom Of The Screen
SIR,—When a learned member of the House of Lords speaks on a piece of legislation affecting millions of people, only to be told he has got the wrong end of the tick (in the......
Bearing Reins
SIR.—Janus -asks Why do the horses in the royal carriages wear bearing-reins ? " One might as well ask why do we humans wear top-hats, morning-coats and stiff collars at......
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