WILD SURMISE
Sir-The paragraph on "Stout Cortez" in The Listener of July 24 reminded me of a parody, attributed, I believe, to Lord Dunsany: Surely there was no R.S.P.C.A. In the Pacific, on that far-off day, When Cortez, far the stoutest of his men, Stood silent on a "‘peke’"’ in Darien.
BARBARA
COOPER
(Te Marua).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 736, 21 August 1953, Page 5
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55WILD SURMISE New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 736, 21 August 1953, Page 5
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