... neither orthodox Jews nor passionate crusaders but who can understand the bread and butter politica of sheer survival. I NATURE NOTE Bare Branches and Bird Song FROM a tall elm came the triumphant song of the mistle-thrush. It was a morning of grey clouds ...

... his long struggle to master the motor car. He had never, before his sickness even , tried to drive one. Now he set to I NATURE NOTE The First Green Leaves AT this time of the year the countryside is a study in drab greys and browns. Yet the unusual mildness ...

... NATURE NOTE DAISIES IN JANUARY CIE abnormal mildness of this month so far has brought many surprises out of doors. There are flowers on the blackberry bushes, odd blossoms lingering from last autumn, and the ragwort still bears a few yellow flowers These ...

... NATURE NOTE By a Frozen Pond A THIN sheet of ice covered the pond. holding in its firm grasp duckweed and rushes. Trees, which came down to the water's edge. were still and silent in the morning fog, and the busy twitter of the birds seemed subdued. Alders ...

... NATURE NOTE Gulls and Greenfinches rilHiE sun, breaking through the clouds, looked down on' a countryside hoary with frost. I walked around Baginton and on the rather unsightly rubbish tip that adjoins the churchyard the water in the pools had frozen ...

... cotton mill running without cotton. Consequently, it follows that a policy aimed at improving our balance of payments posi- NATURE NOTE A FEBRUARY RAMBLE IN a small copse by the side IN of a quiet lane I found the ground ivy in flower, more than l a month ...

... NATURE NOTE The Singing of Birds HOW the birds have revelled in the warmth and sun- I shine of the week-end. From' tree to tree. from hedgerow to shrubbery, have sounded the varied songs and calls of hundreds of feathered creatures 1 The male chaffinch ...

... NATURE NOTE Feathered Humorists rilliE starling is the comedian of the bird world and in addition to his cheerful gurgles land musical trills. is also an excellent mimic of other birds. I felt sure that the melodious song that I heard in a tall hawthorn ...

... NATURE NOTE MARCH BY THE RIVER rinHE road from Stonebridge to — Kenilworth follows the course of the River Blythe for some distance In pasture land by the river side I saw the hillocks of loose soil thrown up by the mole, an animal that seems to have ...

... NATURE NOTE The Sleepers Awaken A FTER the long sleep of winter, myriads of tiny creatures are waking into activity. Buried in the soil, or beneath heaps of dead leaves, or hiding behind loose bark, they have slept through the dark days. Now they are ...

... NATURE NOTE A Canal Side Ramble ItECENTLY, in warm sunshine I walked along the towingpath of a Warwickshire canal. So warm and bright indeed. that it, semed as if the birds were singing the praises of a lovely day, for the blackbird piped loudly from ...

... NATURE NOTE The First Day of April ON the first day of April I found a dog violet in flower. It was a dull day. with a cold wind, some rain and rare bursts of sunshine. _ _ _ The doggisleTless beautiful than its relatives, is given its common name because ...