... Sir, -To all appearances, the subject my picture is one of the limestone excavatio so closely associated with the Peak Distri of Derbyshire, but actually the huge bite o of the hillside is not the work of man. It a natural phenomenon which has earned f Mam Tor, at Castleton, the title of Shiverii Mountain. This implies that the dislodgment whit accumulates at the bottom is caused I the hill ...

... Sir, The Coach and Horses inn sign, con memorating the hey-day of the coaching er has long been familiar to travellers. Now th; the steam locomotive is likely soon I disappear from the scene, I wonder if thi too, is shortly to become popular as an in sign One such appears at Mellis, Suffolk, whei the 1912 Norfolk Coast Express is showi hauled by an engine resplendent in its livei of Great ...

... Sir,- In your issue of November 25 the I import of butter into this country was men- tioned, and it was stated that New Zealand's I contribution was eighty times that of any I other country. May we, as representing the I producers of about 88 per cent, of the butter I imported here, give you the latest figures I regarding butter exported to the United I Kingdom by our seven overseas members ...

... Mediaeval Querns Sir, The days when corn was ground by hand are recalled by the bowl-like object shown in my photograph, at Weston, a hamlet near Otley, Wharfedale. It serves as an ornament on the grave of Colonel W. S. Dawson, and is in an appropriate setting, for he was interested in archaeology. The headstone on the same grave is actually a boulder bearing prehistoric cup- and-ring marks. ...

... Sir, Anthony Clarkson, in his fishing article in your issue of December 23, rightly stresses the difficulties and anxieties involved in the catching of a fish and quotes the story of a salmon-fisher who, after thirty years of failure, hooked one which got away, causing hini to burst into tears and break his rod. I suggest that other field sports, so-called relaxations, can sometimes prove ...

... Sir, The recent reference in your pages to the ash house near Swansea has reminded me of a similar type of house used for a somewhat analogous purpose the coal house at Troston, Suffolk. Unlike the ash house, the roof, of which, I imagine, was essentially constructed of non-combustible material, it was possible to roof this building with thatch. It was built in the nineteenth century to house ...

... Sir, You recently published a very attractive picture of Glastonbury Tithe Barn. My photograph shows the interior of a similar big barn in Yorkshire, at East Riddlesden Hall, near Keighley, which shows the elaborate construction of trusses and stays to support the roof. The timbers are roughly finished but strong structurally, and the main supports are carried on stone bases to prevent rot at ...

... Sir, I think your readers may be interested in this carriage, one of twenty- six horse-drawn Victorias still used cn the island of Sark, where motor traffic, except for farm tractors, is prohibited. The carriage, owned by Mr. Adolphns Hamon, dates back to the early Victorian era. It bears the crest of the late Princess Victoria, a sister of King Edward VII. it was in this carriage that Her ...

... Sir, Probably one of the largest mills on the River Trent, , situated on the Leicestershire bank of the river near Castle Donington, is now a ruin, but a fascinating one, nevertheless. Built originally as a paper mill for the making of banknotes, it is said, hence the name , it has in more recent years been used as a saw mill, still using water power. Little seems to be known of the history of ...

... Sir, In your issue dated December 23, Mrs. Watney asks about farms near to London. Here at Woodford Bridge we claim to have possibly the nearest farm to London, i.e., fields actually cultivated for corn-growing. We are the nearest Essex village to London and on a clear day we can see St. Paul's Cathedral (eight miles distant) from the top of Draper's Hill in the parish. Our population has ...

... Sir, My photograph, taken at Cham- pery, illustrates how neatly and efficiently the householder and smallholder in Switzerland (as also in Germany) stacks his firewood for the winter months; indeed, it is a work of art. Surrey. B. T. C. ...

... C T r I b i I T V 1 /\f fl E, W 1 oik, x 11c piiULAJgitipn txi a uauy scgi in your issue of January 20 reminded me of an unusual bird-bath that caught my eye in a Harrogate garden. Durham. J. K. ...