More ſerious conjectures finde ſome examples of ſepulture in Elephants, Cranes, the Sepulchrall Cells of Piſmires and practice of Bees; which civill ſociety carrieth out their dead, and hath exequies, if not interrments.

One of my colleagues has offered to shave his head and send me pictures of it if I contribute to his pet charidee. get him to shave his balls. with a butter knife. and get a photo of him being carted away to the hospital in the amberlamps.

the dissolvent juices [of the stomach]

Ch’en Wei, the notorious bandit leader, used to capture people for ransom and massacre them in the Foochow-Fuching-Changlo border, causing great disturbance to the local community.…During the peasants’ revolt at Changlo, he stealthily returned from Shanghai to take command of his old bands and indulge in plundering.…On May 27, 1932, a junk, No. 84, was commandeered by the Commander of Navy at Pagoda Anchorage and sailed to Changlo for the transportation of Ch’en Wei’s troops to Pagoda Anchorage on the declaration that he should go with his troops to Amoy, together with Lin Ching’s troops to suppress communists.