WALKING IN CIRCLES
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] - SIR,—From personal experience and inquiry in the Australian bush I have proved to my satisfaction that a man when he is " bushed " invariably moves in a circle to the left. Three of us had been in camp six months clearing bush on the Edwards River, and knew every inch of the country for a radius of three miles. One evening we paid a visit to our only neighbour a mile away. On our return, a beautiful starlight night, we started on a bee line for our camp, which was to the East. After walking three-quarters of an hour we found ourselves back at the starting point, having made a complete left circle. Again, starting off on the same bee line, with a star to guide us, we soon reached camp.
Men bred and born in the bush maintain that the reason for this peculiarity is that the right leg of man is imperceptibly longer than the left. The same thing with a horse. When he strays from the homestead he will always be found to the left of his starting point.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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