The wet weather has been the cause of guinea mushroom crop of boundary stones locality of the French Consulate; and it, is understood that our Gallic neighbours are
the matter of mown and tung, by relinmaking concessions to popular prejudice in quisling the attitude first adopted and expressing a willingness to entertain the question of purchase. This strikes the non-official mind as being a more reasonable basis of negotiation than "what's yours is mine, and what's mine's my own, so out you get!" It is a curious fact, and one which was duly commented on at the meeting, that the letter sent to the Race Club Stewards was not officially sign ed; although your own correspondent has sent you a version in which the signatory's official status appears in brackets.
30th May.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.