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Penmellyn
Dorking

March 15. 34.

John Buchan, Esq., M.P.
House of Commons
S.W.1.

Dear Sir

I hope it is neither a liberty nor
an act of ingratitude to draw your attention
to two errors, if such they be, in your
excellent study of Julius Caesar.

1. Caesar's Landing Place.
In B.G. iv. 23, Caesar gives no definite
indication as to whether he turned from
Dover Cliffs to sail to the right or left.
I believe that some writers have favoured
the shore between Ramsgate + Deal, others
have voted for Romney Marshes.

However in B.G. v. 8, he says quite clearly
that he landed at the same place, which
he had found to be best in the previous year.
Tum rursus aestus commutationem secutus
remis conteudit, ut eam partem insulae caperet
qua optimum esse egressurn superiore
aestate cognoverat. But that place you