From the diary it would appear that the main activities were shooting, walking, and alternating meals on each other's boat. We dined with them. They tiffined with us. Tiffined with them. They dined with us.

"There is in Britain a fen of unmeasured mickleness that begins from the river Granta, not far from the city which is called Grantaceaster.

We make crude visual distinctions and effectively meaningless categorizations based on average skin tones, such as black or white.

The tendency to overspecialize is also noticeable in the county. Some farmers are growing fruit to the exclusion of all other crops; some carry the practice a step further and grow only peaches.