Either at the shipping point or as they leave the summer range, the older ewes are “mouthed out.” That is, their mouths are examined to see if their teeth are good for another year.

Every family became now divided within itself.

An initial sequantitative determination of EPM—1 in 20 sera of healthy donors and 28 patients with gastrointestinal tumors revealed that all sera of healthy donors contain high levels, in contrast to the majority of tumor sera (20/28) which had low or no detectable levels.

Well it was for me that, in obedience to Hul Jok's imperative command, I was holding my Blastor pointing ahead of me; for as I blundered full upon the monstrosity it upheaved its ugly bulk—how I do not know, for I saw no legs nor did it have wings—to one edge and would have flopped down upon me, but instinctively I slid forward the catch on the tiny Blastor, and the foul thing vanished—save for a few fragments of its edges—smitten into nothingness by the vibration hurled forth from that powerful little disintegrator.