PEG ratio

[I]t is a remarkable fact in our history that, notwithstanding the repeated efforts of the anti-slavery party, no single act has ever passed Congress, […] And it may also be observed, judging from present indications, that no probability exists of the passage of such an act by a majority of both houses, either in the present or the next Congress. Surely, under these circumstances we ought to be restrained from present action by the precept of Him who spake as man never spoke that sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. The day of evil may never come unless we shall rashly bring it upon ourselves.

Areca-nuts and betel-vines in inconsiderable quantities seem to have throve.

The dog-whelk is carnivorous; acorn barnacles and the mussel Mytilus edulis (p. 254) are the main prey species.