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trees, moss covered with clusters of fungi, speak of decay and change. There is indeed, in these places, an overwhelming feeling of decline and decay with only the robins song to bring uplift- ment. He too lias a somewhat


thickly carpeted with fallen chestnut and sycamore leaves. After'days of heavy rain all the wet vegetation scents the air with rich aromatic odour reminiscent of spicey herbs. Here alsc the aged fallen


TWERYWHERE in th e woods ihe paths are


plaintive note. The changing pattern is never


side than at present. "Change and decav in all around I sec is more fitting at this time of the


year than at any other. Trees are bare, plants decline,


more apparent in our country­


small greyish—green cylinders which after remaining dormant, will in January and February gradually lengthen to become the familiar lamb’s tails next spring. But wliy does the hazel insist on producing these catkins just now when they will only begin to develop next February? How­ ever no matter what the answer these and others are a cheering


of weeks out came the catkins,


does not satisfy ,the rigid scientific mind which invariably


thev want to! Or, “because they -..joy singing-" This however


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sight. One thing is certain. The plan although difficult to inter­ pret by human standards must have proved successful other­ wise the honey-suckle, hazel and alder would not have survived. Interpretation is always obscure and confusing which brings me to another feature over which wo may profitably ponder at this time of year.


animals hibernate, and all our summer migrants have left our


arc at all reasonable, you will hoar the thrush singing in a way to gladden most hearts.


On most mornings, if things


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Nations Association wishes to record it profound shock at the death of John F. Kennedy.


KENNEDY TRIBUTE branch of the United


world had begun to feel a greater sense of security than anything we had known since the second ■world wai* largely because of this man’s forthrightness and political wisdom and personal


For twelve months the whole


assessment, of his success is to be seen in the genuine grief expres­ sed in the Soviet Union at his death.


lie was forging a way through, and perhaps the most telling


for the success or failure of what he has begun depends in indi­ viduals. Civil rights in the U n i t e d States have been hindered by individuals massing together in their generations- long prejudice. They will be put into elfect by individuals mass­ ing together to break down such


Ultimately, the responsibility


pleaded for understanding and reasonableness in view of oppos­ ing ideologies and every indi­ vidual can honour him mid do him justice by ridding himself of dangerous prejudices of any sorl^rcligious. racial or social— and bv believing in. and striving for, the ideals to which lie gave himself: world peace, human rights and the prosperity of all


prejudice. President Kennedy always


men everywhere. If the consciences of his own


people and the world are stirred bv his tragic death, then the effort of his life will have been rewarded and ‘his soul will go 'marching on.’ This is not America’s loss, but


ofrer the kind of hospitality we have outlined above.


ting out to assist deprived, un­ happy and friendless children in every wav and so enable them to live a fuller, richer, happier life.


We are a voluntary body set­


closely with other voluntary and official organisations concern#, with the welfare of children •*- - have branches of . our own order t o


To achieve this we work


humility. He hud not got us out of the wood, by any menus, but more than any other politician


“To assist children in need oi help or a friend.” ERIC DUTTON.


(implement ■ our aim


General Secretary of the Friends of the Children Society.


LEPROSY RELIEF


■ PEEL sure that your readers •I would be interested to know


that tlic efforts of one of your citizens. Mr. Richard Turner of 09, Littlemoor Road, has raised the splendid sum of £100 for the British Leprosy Relief Associa­ tion. This he has done by talks and film shows of bis visit to Nigeria to teach the sufferers from leprosy how to make clogs and so help the problem of foot ulcers which is one of the dis­ tressing features of leprosy.


lias meant a great deal of hard work and the giving of much valuable time and as regional


The raising of this amount


organised of BELRA I would like to make this public acknow­ ledgment of tliis splendid achievement.


been greatly helped by his wife, to whom also we extend our grateful thanks.


In this effort Mr. Turner lias


lasts and the nations of the world leam to trust each other and live amicably together, the name of John F. Kennedy will be remembered and honoured. In a speech in June he said,


the world’s. As long as peace AS wc speed on to a New Year


wrongs still remaining to be righted in the treatment of ani­ mals alone.


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"But we shall do our part to build a world of peace where the weak arc safe and the strong arc just. We are not helpless before that task or hopeless of its success. Confident and unafraid, wc labour on—not toward a strategy of annihilation but toward a strategy of peace.”


.strange and tmfamiliar sur­ roundings. h e r d e d together, perhaps, in an evicted families’ hostel or elsewhere ? There must, too, be homes surrounded by sickness, isolated by sepera- lion o! a parent, homes where a sense ot unsettledness and insecurity is abroad and suffer­ ing ol some sort or another is not far removed. I t is clear that children from such settings will be denied tire happiness of a Christmas which should be their


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requests from men and women or good-will who want to share the good things of their Christ­ mas with those in less favourable circumstances. I t is one of the functions of the The Friends of the Children on the one hand to find the children who need help and on the other to dis­ cover those who can give it, and to bring the two together. We appeal, therefore, to your


birth-right At this time of year we receive


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ALAN. GAUNT,


simple legislation more needed, and a sharp look out for any attempted n ew Regulations which would not beneflit the animals but on the contrary entrench the callous evil prac­ tices perpertrated upon them at present.


Never before was sound and


Anaesthetics Act will be attemp­ ted soon, which will seek to


Amendments to the Animals


change the age limits in the Schedule of the existing Act. They will still seek to castrate animals at a young age. without anaesthesia but. and this is the vital point, if an animal Ls de­ veloped sufficiently to be success­ fully castrated, then indeed it is also old enough to experience great fright and pain. The only decent humane thing


oursing and hunting is still very much with us, while, we prate X&i Tfceacc. *•


Director of National Equine Defence League.


try.Is it not time men and women of Britain awakened and fought these grave injustices? The same protection afforded to cattle under the 1957 Act, must surely be given to sheep, how much less can we ask? c Then “ sportive butchery ” in


cases imported to our own coun­ ALFRED BRISCO.


Naturalists* Society at the Guild Hall. Clitheroe, by Mr. D. W.


NATURE LECTURE LINNAEUS” was tho title of a


lecture given to Clithcroe


Jury. The title was a mystery to


many people in the l a r g e audience, but it was soon made clear by Mr. Jury.


quiet time indeed until you begin to take a closer look. You will then And some upliftment and gratification in the brighter spots, in spite of the fact that you may have difficulty in under­ standing their object. Why, for instance after only just recently shedding all its leaves, does the honeysuckle again p u t o u t incipient leaves in Novcmbci i Some botanists consider the plan foolish but there, is, I am sure a reason why the plant takes such a course. I t is not always advantageous for if the weather in January or February is severe and the temperature falls below freezing the plant suffers- The leaves then turn black and wither. This I find, after many years of observations, only occurs on rare occasions, as tho leaves are very tough and resistant to low temperatures.


SHED ITS LEAVES


individuality is to be seen on the hazel. Like most woodland or hedgerow trees the hazel sheds its leaves in October leaving the branches hare. Then, in a couple


Another bright spot revealing


Castle grounds each morning as the songster announces from the tall sycamore that bird song is not restricted to May or June. The majority of people do not associate the cold wet days of November or December with such uplifting melody. But if you are in a favourable position the song thrush may be heard on most mornings and on occasion in the evening. Unlike the song of tho robin it is not in any way inferior to that heard in summer Tlie robin in winter is more sub­ dued but tho thrush with its remarkable carrying power is full and clear. Also like the starling it passes an imitative faculty and may at times hear repetitive phrases common to others such as tlie plover. But whenever I listen to a song thrush be it in, the morning or evening the quality and tones are only to be compared to those of the night­ ingale. All this, as you will prob­ ably agree compells us to con­ sider the'old question so often poised by the biologist and materialist — “Why do birds sing.” I t is however not so much the question as the answer which reallv matters. If anyone asks me this, I always reply, “Because


I hear one regularly in the


seeks for a more positive answer or approach. These people are more or less concerned that the act; of singing is merely a response to a biological urge primarily associated with the breeding season or the claiming of territory at nesting time. Tf this is the sole reason why then do we hear the thrush sing­ ing in November and December, indeed if we go more thoroughly into the question we find the thrush and many other residents of our countryside, are singing during the greater part of the


vear. The song thrush as a matter of .fact, only remains silent in August. SONG OF THE BIRDS


i it is due. For as we know it is easy to sing and be cheerful in the’ brigher season of the year Blit it takes a very brave and optimistic individual to sing during the often dreary days of November and December. To me and manv other people this song is more uplifting and inspiring than at any time of the year.


intriguing and to my way of thinking one of the most important features of our coun- trvside particularly during the coming weeks. When all is said and done let 11s give credit where


This question of bird song is - f c


will attract your attention In the coming weeks is the skylark and you will unfailingly notice letters in the Press during the winter from people who believe they have in some way broken a record by hearing the skylark.


Another b r a v e soul which


for, like the song thrush this bird often proclaims its defiance of the weather by a cheerful burst of song. All these and manv other signs are well worth


This however is not the case


noting at this time of year which most people are convinced is a dull uninteresting period of hibernation and decay. How wrong they are!


NATURALIST Letters to the El R a y L yn d e n


EVERYTHING ' U


2


Carl vone Linne, the Swedish scientist, who is best-known to botanists and gardeners by the latinised form of his name,


He gave a lucid description of


“Linnaeus.” Though Linnaeus was a bril­


liant doctor, stated Mr. Jury, he was essentially a taxonomist engaged in describing, classify­ ing. and naming plants. His main contributions to the


progress of plant taxonomy were the production of a “sexual system'' and the introduction of binomial nomenclative. In regard to the latter, it was


stated, the specific names for seed plants were still dated from the first edition or the "Species


Plantorum,” 1753. which con­ tained over 8,000 listed plants. Slides were shown of the fauna


ex


■Till I was on my knees, But each attendant told me, "The next department, please


throng.


I tried uixm the first floor, The second floor as well. To each assistant that I met. Mv story tried to tell. They all were very helpful. Sold goods from chows to cheese,


But everybody passed me to “The next department, please!


Ls to use anaesthesia ot all ages. This also to apply to all cutting operations whether they be car­


I staggered up the endless stairs, Tried "Ladies Underwear,” Went through the "Household Furnishings,”


ried out in sugeries, laboratories, or indeed, in Animal Welfare Society’s Clinics. I t is most imperative adequate anaesthe­ tics must be used to render the animals freedom from all pain whatsoever. I t is sufficient to say at this point hundreds of thou­ sands of inoffensive creatures arc shamefully and brutally operated upon annually without anything to null the agony of it all. Then, is it not ironical, many


many thousands of innocent mites are bom into this country of ours, who have a legal claim to be humanely killed (except those 200,000 wretched animals permitted to be killed for the Jews and Mohammedans without the use of the humane killer). Many thousands of sheep are


readers to let us know of a child, children or family where it is considered such assistance might be welcomed. There might be others who arc in a position to


But couldn’t find It there. My head became quite dizzy.


My chest began to wheeze,


But still the same reply I got. "The next department, please!


After many hours of searching I came out on the roof. And noticed there a parrot, Who looked somewhat aloof. But he listened to my question, _Which gave me quite a Shock- Then said, “You’re out of luck,


T Old Boy, he stuff is out of stock! Now was he telling me the


exported to countries where they will not be humanely slaugh­ tered. What a pardox, sheep exported alive to a shameful cruel end and thousands of car-


When I reached home once more, I found the ideal present. In the little shop next dooi 1


Or'did'he mean to tease? Perhaps he’s tired of saying “The next department, please 1 But now there comes the sequel,


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A simple gift I wanted, There were presents there, galore, I struggled through the seething


I WENT into the basement Of a crowded city store,


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