13 NOVEMBER 1909, Page 19

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—May I point out

two inaccuracies in the story of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and the Squirrel' as told in your corre- spondence column P The ' Squirrel' was of only ten tons burden, and Sir Humphrey was not " swept from her bows," but " the little ' Squirrel' and all within her were swallowed up by the sea" (Barrow's " Naval Worthies ").—I am, Sir,