But he was sick of setnetting, so we talked about it and that year he traded his setnet permit for a seine boat and permit, an even-up trade.

Sees her reflection in a butcher shop. She finds it all quite rare That her meat's all vanity fair.

the great auk

Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?