He was in his early thirties but was as roly-poly as a middle-aged man. My dad chuckled when he referred to the grocer’s considerable belly as a “Molson’s muscle” and said that Mr. Marlton had enjoyed too much of his own fat meat.

The Chineſe divide the Lands they poſſeſs in Formoſa into three Hyen, or ſubordinate Govermnents which depend on the Capital of the Iſland ; each of theſe Governments has its particular Officers, who are immediately ſubjct to the Governor of that Capital, and he to the Vice-Roy of the Province of Fo-kyen, whereof Tay-wan or Formoſa makes a Part.

They rolled into Jane's room a wheeled cart lush with cake and cookies and shrimp and crudités and pop and soda water. The staff was giving us a going-away party for our trip to Seattle; it was good to understand their confidence.

While large game was still hunted, mainly using projectile spears but later enhanced by atlatls (spear-throwers) and bows and arrows, evidence for the exploitation of small game such as tortoises, rabbits, wild fowl and eggs increased.