By 1875 the Metropolitan and the District were carrying about 100 million passengers a year on their branches and their unclosed circle.

To be honest, you'd be better off trying to string a Skylark as a Richard's Pipit rather than as a Pectoral Sandpiper.

Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

A great deal has been written about polygamy as a traditional marriage system in all Africa of which Iboland is a part.