The floods in East Norfolk this week have been the worst known for over half a century. High tides combers of cattle were drowned, and, most curious loss of all, quantities of fresh-water fish were killed by the salt water pouring into streams and creeks. How long it will be before the floods subside and what the damtage to the coll from salt water, It impossible to estimate.
The fen country has been a yood deal in the public eyo inthe past year of tivo, and highly expensive schemes have been propounded for making it suto from floods—which will never be carried onl. With the tradition of centuries behind them, the fen men are said to know pretty well what to do in emergency. Bul of course a salt water flood is vastly more serious than one of freshwate 'Aller the floods snow, which storm ed over Kent yesterday with a vioence almost worthy of the word blizzard, now applied to any snow: storm. In many places the drifts were three' and four feet deep, and on the main Dover-Folkestone road snow-plough had to be used. In London we escaped with a few jowers Of snow, Just enough to make town thoroughly dirty. Altorether a most unpleasant week—another of that miserable fellow. Buchan's cold spells Toes
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