The next step was a carved or painted effigy of an animal or bird, such as a swan, which was fixed in a hoop and hung at the end of the ale pole.

This is an area you'll have to work out in precise detail, as it's the area most likely to skyrocket your costs—or, without careful planning, leave you with thirsty guests.

Erenhot—known for little more than being a border town, a required stop for motorists and trains, as well as rich fossil territory.…We cannot let you be seen, she shouted to him, when the first lights of Erenhot—and Zamyn-Uud, a little farther across the border between Mongolia and China— flickered into view. No one would understand!

“Oh, yas'm. I seed him. I seed him,” and Uncle Billy floundered for a moment, caught in his own trap.