Birding had become like that for me. It is a language that, once learnt, I have been unable to unlearn.

[…] The madding Winds are huſh’d, the Tempeſts ceaſe, / And every rolling Surge resides in Peace.

Frequently, the first off time is experienced after the longest delay between two doses of medication, which is usually between the last does in the evening and the first does in the morning.

The catapulta was formerly an engine of war, used by the Romans for casting javelins and stones against castellated walls. A modern form of catapulta has been constructed, with a view to do away with the necessity of bowling the ball.