Spongology, the study of all aspects of the sponge biology, ecology, taxonomy, and chemistry of sponges, has full fledged into a discipline attracting a progressively increasing population of hundreds of scientists worldwide, numerous of whom devote a lifetime career to the study of this group.

It was therefore concluded that the Abigails should, by turns, relieve each other on one of his lordship’s horses, which was presently equipped with a side-saddle for that purpose.

This information is then quietly and clearly absorbed into Japanese culture and 'japonized'.

A meal here is any instance in which food is eaten during the day, and so may be anything from a complete meal to some tostado eaten while working in the field.