Moreover, the provident care of the tortoiſe in the generation, nouriſhment and preſervation of [h]er yooung, is woonderfull: for out ſhe goeth of the ſea, and laieth her egges or caſteth her ſpawne upon the banke ſide; but being not able to cove or ſit upon them, nor to remaine herſelfe upon the land out of the ſea any long time, ſhe beſtoweth them in the gravell, and afterwards covereth them with the lighteſt and fineſt ſand ſhe can get: […]
I remember after the school was over, he said, I went up to the instructor just completely wound up like: ‘O.K. man, how do I do this and become a real racecar driver? I want to quit my job and do this.’ . . . And he goes: ‘Other Sports Beckon. You suck. Don't give up your day job.’
The wandering and altarless homes of this wild people are, as it were, a neutral ground between the lands of the Bible and of the Koran, the traditional customs of which still serve to explain how Jew and Mahometan, members of the same race, while most widely parted in doctrine, may yet maintain the closest union in many important points of the moral and social system.
We both thought we saw what had the appearance to be a fox, and hounded the dogs at it, but they would not pursue it.
