I am Samuel Taylor Coleridge." [Sidenote: A CHURCH DUEL] The county paper for February 27, 1796, has this paragraph: "On Monday last a duel was fought betwixt Mr.R----n and Lieut.

B----y, both of Littlehampton, in a field near that place, which, after the discharge of each a pistol, terminated without bloodshed.

The dispute, we understand, originated about a pew in the parish church." A local proverb says that if you eat winkles in March it is as good as a dose of medicine; which reminds me that Sussex has many wise sayings of its own.

Here is a piece of Sussex counsel in connection with the roaring month:-- If from fleas you would be free, On the first of March let all your windows closed be.
I quote two other rhymes:-- If you would wish your bees to thrive Gold must be paid for every hive; For when they're bought with other money There will be neither swarm nor honey.
The first butterfly you see, Cut off his head across your knee, Bury the head under a stone And a lot of money will be your own.
On Whit Sunday the devout Sussex man eats roast veal and gooseberry pudding.

A Sussex child born on Sunday can neither be hanged nor drowned.
[Sidenote: "CLIMPING FOR PERFECTION"] West of Littlehampton is an architectural treasure, in the shape of Climping church, which no one should miss.