After shouting me a plate of noodles and limp vegetables, he helped me change money by introducing me to the stallholder who offered the best exchange rates.

A purple blodge, a yellow blodge, a green blodge, a brown blodge for God's sake. I hadn't noticed it before.

There were still nobly-born and accomplished sea-rovers — Robin Hoods of the wave — […]

CHINA. A rebellion of more than ordinary importance is in progress in this country. At the departure of the last mail from Hong Kong numerous bands of robbers were plundering and burning throughout the provinces of Kangsi and Canton, and, having captured the city of Kintschan, had advanced to within 120 English miles of Canton.