It was in a college, West Point, that infectious mononucleosis won a romantic reputation. . . . Investigators at a girls' school also found post-vacation peaks, and mono became known as the kissing disease.

Now, sir, you would say a skin is a skin, we say it is a ' whole,' or a 'half,' or a 'quarter,' or a 'rack,' or a 'sucker. Suckers are skins of infant rabbits, and of little value. Eight racks are equal to one whole.

Continuing along the coast past pretty Jinsha village (津沙), there’s a succession of lovely views over the ocean all the way to Magang (馬港), once the main gateway to Matsu for ships from Taiwan.

The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne […]