The captain was an upstart, a product of the democratic idea operating upon the poor white man, the descendant of the indentured bondservant and the socially unfit.

Is an ancestor of is a transitive relation: if Alice is an ancestor of Bob, and Bob is an ancestor of Carol, then Alice is an ancestor of Carol.

At the foot of these mountains, there are active hydrothermal vents such as Beitou, Siao-you-keng, Matsao, and Da-you-keng, indicating that the TVG has potentially active heat and/or magmatic sources below the surface (Yang et al. 1999, 2003; Lee et al. 2005; Ohba et al. 2010; Liu et al. 2011; Ohsawa et al. 2013). In addition, hot springs are also present in the limited area of the coastal strip of the Chinshan District.

I have three gourds which I fill with water and take back to my cave against the long nights. I have fashioned a spear and a bow and arrow, that I may conserve my ammunition, which is running low.