Thus in 1670 the London bills ascribe 142 deaths to “bloody flux, scouring, and flux,” and 3,690 to “griping in the guts.”

During the meeting, the private association members also came up with many suggestions, including building a bridge linking Matsu island group's Nankan and Peikan islets, expanding its airport capacity, setting up an offshore shipment center, allowing Taiwan people to travel to mainland China via Matsu and building large tourist vessels to attract Taiwan tourists to Matsu.

That was all the jacks. I threw them out again and went for sevensies. I heard Jenny saying, What? I cain't hear you. Who? I missed sevensies and went in the house.

Early in the morning they shouldered light packs, took their rifles, crossed the big draw, and entered the timber where was the deadfall.