6 MAY 1882, Page 15

THE FORT DE L'ECLUSE.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—By way of appendix to the highly interesting essay on " The Fort de l'Ecluse," in your last number, permit me to point out that in the Reports of the Somerset Drainage Commis- sioners, the sluices and locks under their jurisdiction are called " Clyses ;" a word which is, I believe, derived from the French

word " ecluse."—I am, Sir, &c., E. S. D.