The body of Man has retrograded also in being merosthenic in limbs, instead of prosthenic, the hinder limbs being the stronger as well as longer, and the fore limbs comparatively weak.

In Louisiana and elsewhere, some folks still use the term “nigger-rigged” as a substitute for “jury-rigged,” meaning makeshift, put together or repaired sloppily and hastily and, hopefully, temporarily,

In spite of all precautions, accidents will happen in the best regulated families, and wolves steal in, in the fleeces of Merinos.

At about six the firewalkers met in the house of their leader, in the konaki, the room where the Saints' holy icons hang throughout the year, to be taken out for the festival.