PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. 109. AUGUST 31, 1895. SCRAPS FROM CHAPS. TAKING THE WATERS.--Are the Falls of Foyers worth preserving? That depends on another question--What are the Falls of Foyers? They are the finest cascade in Bonny Scotland, and the B. A. C., or British Aluminium Company, intends to take all the water out of them to turn its machinery with. Not, mind you, a mere inappreciable rill, but the whole river! "Ma Foi-ers!" exclaimed _Mr. Punch_ in his best French, when he read the correspondence on this subject in the _North British Daily Mail_, the _Glasgow Herald_, and other northern papers; "shall this vandalism be allowed? No! Foyers must be preserved for-years to come!" It seems that a Dr. COMMON, a director of the B. A. C., has been explaining to the Inverness Field Club that the Falls won't actually be destroyed--only there will be no water in them! Yet, by his name, this director should defend all common rights. We hope he is rare. The B. A. C. (or Brazen Assurance Company) must learn the A B C of respect for natural beauty, or Mr. BRYCE will have to introduce an "Access to Waterfalls Bill." There is yet time to save the chief Wonder of Loch Ness; and a year hence let us trust that the following Wordsworthian stanza will apply:-- Full many a glorious scene has _Punch_ Saved by his winsome page; And from the B. A. C. this Fall, A lovely, powerless, hopeless, thrall, Was rescued by the Sage. So let it foam! And time will come When every tourist raider At this Cascade will give three cheers For every good Casc-aider! * * * * * [Illustration: LOCAL COLOUR. PLACE--_South Parade, Cheapenham-on-Sea._ _Edith._ "MABEL DEAR, WOULD YOU GET ME _BAEDEKER'S SWITZERLAND_ AND THE LAST NUMBER OF THE _WORLD_." _Mabel._ "WHAT DO YOU WANT _THEM_ FOR?" _Edith._ "OH, I'M WRITING LETTERS, AND WE'RE IN THE ENGADINE, YOU KNOW, AND I JUST WANT TO DESCRIBE SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE HAUNTS, AND MENTION A FEW OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STAYING THERE--HERE, I MEAN."] * * * * *