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Two interesting letters in "The Queen" for September 12, 1934 (page 29), - in part, as follows:
"Isle of Wight.
"Madam - I wonder how many people have seen a snake swallowing a fish! This unusual experience was ours at Lake Lugano.
"We were sitting one hot May morning on a wall by the side of the lake, near Portezza, when our attention was caught by something moving at the water's edge. This proved to be a large snake emerging from the water, and in its mouth was a good-sized fish held tightly round its middle. Then arose a difficulty, for steep rocks bordered the lake just at this point, and the snake, hampered by its burden, could not land and continually slipped back again into the water.
"After swimming about for some minutes, a sudden thought struck the snake - do we not hear of the wisdom of the serpent? It backed ashore and laboriously climbed the nearest rock tail foremost, slowly forcing itself up the incline until, with a flop of relief, it slid into a crevice and disappeared.
"Our sympathies were terribly divided.

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"Here was a possibly deserving and certainly enterprising reptile; but fate was hard on the fish, and I for one shall not soon forget the imploring expression in that fishy eye. Yours truly, D.H."
"Cambridge.
"Madam, - September is gossamer month,-............gossamer...is the production of myriads of young spiders migrating to fresh fields...... The young spiders, wishing to travel, throw out strands of silk which are caught up by the air - even though there be no breeze perceptible to humankind. The young spiders are then borne off on the "balloons" which they have made for themselves. The word gossamer is a shortened form of goose-summer, the phenomenon usually [[strikethrough]] occurring [[/strikethrough]] appearing at the time when geese were driven out on the stubbles.
"At this time the adult spiders in the garden also seem to be very active. It is claimed by many country folk that the webs are [[strikethrough]] spun wide and hung on long [[/strikethrough]] reliable barometers. If the webs are spun wide and hung on long strands of silk, the weather will be fine; if the webs are close and hung on very short strands, then the weather will be windy or wet, or both. The actual word