When the soil swells on wetting, the former surficial material is mixed with the subsoil.

[M]y antiquarian looked at me with a knowing eye, […] and lowering his voice into a confidential whisper (although not a soul was to be seen within half a mile around), communicated to me a mass of intelligence so much bordering on the nature of a chronique scandaleuse, that I found it necessary to stop his current of abuse by a peremptory order […]

Harper has a few weeks' grace, during which he and his ham-fisted finance minister, Jim Flaherty, can ponder the error of their ways.

During the 1930's the percentages of clan fields in the delta region were the following: Hua-hsien, 50 percent; Ying-te, 20; Tung-kuan, 20; Hsiang-shan, 50; Nan-hai, 40; Shun-te, 60; Hsin-hui, 60; En-p'ing, 40; P'an-yu, 50.