The background is now rendered by using meadow green with a stick pastel around the lower area under the lynx in an irregular fashion, and overtoning the areas closer to the animal with an irregular application of leaf green color.

The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads.

to uncock a hat

Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsis). Dang Shen comes from the Shangdang district of Shanxi province of China. There are two types, the wild type and the cultivated type.