England were even more vulnerable under the slate-grey skies of Sáo Paulo than they had been in the searing heat of Manaus.

The production of seafood was somewhat handicapped this past week by the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo which took place off the coast of Dauphin Island at the entrance to Mobile Bay on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of this past week and in which fifteen hundred fishermen and fisherettes participated and it was “the biggest and best” in years.

For its part, the Russian Interior Ministry “used its contacts with its Ukrainian counterparts to identify potential agents and sources,” while the task for the Russian military was “to rattle sabres loudly on the border” for maximum effect.

The deeply palmately lobed, ivylike leaves are light green and have an intense, sometimes unpleasant smell.