[…] the fact that agricultural land of acknowledged fertility was lying waste on Bawean constituted a powerful pull factor for the land-hungry peasants of those two islands.

to arbitrate a disputed case

The climate system is a part and the atmosphere another part of this. The earth's climate system provides a habitable zone. I agree with scientists who argue that human beings as a part of nature have altered the “natural system” to such an extent that we are now unable to reverse the present system back to a preindustrial or even prehuman state.

“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.