Assuming the world is in total darkness before the official time the sun rises or sets, Peadar Farrell, August 18, sarcastically comments about Maltese hunters having “four hours of hunting in the darkness”.

In fact, it does not take much to realise that twilight, namely during dusk and dawn, is a period of subdued light before the actual time when the sun rises or sets where anything is visible.

Maltese law stipulates a period of two hours before sunrise and after sunset within which hunting can be practised. In comparison to 365 days a year of hunting day or night as practised in the UK, Maltese hunters, who are only permitted “17 hours intensive hunting”, are actually being robbed of seven hours within which to hunt.

As for having no “ingenuity”, being “exhausted” and “frustrated”, Mr Farrell can rest assured the tone and content of his letter make him the example of being a perfect void. Ah, the human mind is full of ingenuity, but certainly not his.