The city of Cambridge, for some incomprehensible reason, has forbidden any one to skate on Fresh Pond this year. At first it was thought that this action was taken for the sake of preventing persons from venturing on the ice before it was strong enough to bear. But now that the ice is four or six inches thick, this excuse for forbidding skating is no longer plausible. If the city of Cambridge is anxious to prevent accidents at the Pond, it seems to us it has adopted a very poor means for carrying out its plan. Now, there is a double incentive for daring boys to skate on the Pond in defiance of the policeman who patrols the shore; and the chance of his getting on the ice is much greater than if he were allowed to skate on the strong ice in plain sight of the policeman without fear of interruption. Besides, many men wait till evening, when they can enjoy the fine ice on Fresh Pond uninterrupted rather than struggle over the rough ice on the Glacial is in the afternoon. If the policeman was paid to warn men away from the thin ice he would be doing a much more useful work, and the splendid ice on Fresh Pond could be enjoyed by every one. The regulation that forbids the enjoyment of perfectly safe ice seems to us more than nonsensical-it is unjust and outrageous-and we hope some appeal will be made to the mayor to abolish it.