My first trip, one of the free, public transportation boats that ply daily between the major islands, was to Wang'an about 13 miles southwest of Magong. This island is 2.5 miles long by 1 mile wide and has an area of approximately 2.5 square miles. There are four villages on the island with a total population of about 3,000. As on all the outer islands, there is an elementary school and a police station; to attend senior high school, students have to go to Magong where they live in dormitories. Fishing and peanut growing are the major occupations of the people of Wang'an.

When I saw the coffin I knew that I was respited, for, as I judged, there was space between it and the wall behind enough to contain my little carcass; and in a second I had put out the candle, scrambled up the shelves, half-stunned my senses with dashing my head against the roof, and squeezed my body betwixt wall and coffin.

the establishment of new types of community agencies for dealing nonjudicially with delinquent youth

Among tank engines, the 0-6-2 wheel arrangement was by far the most numerous, there being nearly 450 of this arrangement, which offers the advantage of good power and adhesive weight, coupled with adequate tank and bunker capacity, within a limited compass.