Mr. Bridges is more interested in correct usage of planetary names, rather than in mere derivations (a more useful and less frivolous involvement than mine, you see) and, for instance, advocates what he maintains to be correctly derived words such as Venustian and Hesperian for hypothetical inhabitants of Venus in place of the incorrect Venusian or Cytherean; and Tellus and Tellurian in place of Terra and Terran. He lists astronomers and classical scholars who support his views.

While the Philippines first asserted its claim unofficially in 1956, by 1971, the Manila Government had claimed that it controlled seven islands in the Kalayaan group, which are often regarded as part of the Spratly group but denied by the Philippines on grounds that they are located 200 miles northeast of the main Spratly group and hence seen by the Philippines as more of a contiguous territory of the Palawan Island. In 1956, a Filipino national, Thomas Cloma, claimed to have discovered 33 islands in the region and named them the Kalayaan (Freedom) Islands. Arguing that the territory was unoccupied until 1956, in 1971 the Philippines formally claimed over 60 islands and reef in the Kalayaan chain. These islands have been grouped together as an administrative district of Palawan Province.

I told you so! he said to himself under his breath, and breathing deeply like a voluptuary he advanced towards his victim.

It was then that the large footmen were too much employed at Clavering Park to be able to bring messages, or dally over the cup of small beer with the poor little maids at Fairoaks