Fish from Early Summer-runs would (1) have higher somatic energy reserves, (2) be more reproductively advanced and (3) be more osmoregulatorily 'prepared' for freshwater entry than Later Summer-runs.

Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.

Such a big staff, with ludicrously little to do, inevitably began interfering with arrangements made by the army commanders. Its actual efforts at coordination were from the start so many wrenches in the works.

The first one of the headmates (our word for alter) I was aware of was a boy named Josh.