Quiet Cove – Slip into the shallows at Lake Shasta in your rented houseboat at dusk, rustle up some trout fillets; then settle back and relax. Houseboat rentals are booming, particularly in the West, where they are used on a near year-round basis.

Fiar Cricketers. There’s no sport that's not been invaded by the one-time weaker sex. As our girls at home have taken to baseball so have those of England entered the game of cricket, judging by the way these players, pupils of the Roedean College, perform, they would be able to give the best of masculine rivals & tussle.

Tête de satyre

The Pike Tourist Cabins, Route 25, Smithtown, Long Island, N.Y.

Don de Costa