London, Aug, 12.
Who could write from'London on sucha date. and.not begin with homage to St, Grouse? He is our one indisputably native and peculiar bird, and all the grouse now found. elsewhere, in places so wide apart northern France and New Zealand, fare descended from him. This year marks a new chapter in his fame; a Grace of grouse shot this morning are being flown to America and. should on President Roosevelt's table tomorrow evening. T hope they will be properly cooked, for in fact grouse should be hung for a few days. But roasted with a piece of fat bacon eros the bieast, for not more than 15 minutes, and with bread sauce' and wafer-like' chipped potatoes, they, parations and lodging-house _land-Tadies, more people are making hol. day than ever and the circulation of banknotes has struck a new record. Whereby hangs a curious tale. "Many years ago there was a legend that the annual report of the old Midland Railway had contained the entry "lost 4 engines." This, I believe, was a myth, But this month two luggage Vans bound for "Scarborough con taining the luggage of 120 holidaymakers from Leicester and as many more from Birmingham were well and truly lost for the best part Week. The whole country was Fan~ sacked and eventually they were unearthed at a little place named March im Cambridgeshire, Then they were Tushed off as quickly as possible to
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