COLLAR THOUGHT TO BE WORN BY
DOGS IN BADGER-BAITING

See letter: For Dogs or Calves ?

fungus plant in a state of active
growth (that is to say it would be
penetrated by the active strands or

the country and nearly 2,000 feet above
the sea. This makes it all the more
remarkable that a mermaid should

[The purpose of this
contraption may be that
mentioned by our corres-
pondent, though we have
seen an identical one
fixed on the muzzle of a
calf to prevent it sucking
cows when turned out
with them. It was most
effective, for when the
calf tried to suck a cow
it prodded her in the side
and so provoked her to
resist. The near-side
head-strap of the example
illustrated seems to be
missing.—ED.]

AN INLAND
MERMAID

SIR,—The moors of
north Staffordshire are as
wild and bleak as any
others in England: they
are almost in the middle of

Countess
Tess of the