KEY WEST (Span. Cayos huescos) — I One of the Florida Keys, 70 km (43.5 miles) from Cape Sable, population about 7 000. It is 12 km (7.5 miles) long and 2 to 4 km (1.2 to 2.5 miles) wide, and it rises little more than 4 m (13 ft) above sea level. Its formation is coralline; the shallow soil is made of crumbled coral mixed with some decomposed …Read more »

The two opponents remained motionless for some time, facing and watching each other with mutual vigilance. At the end, a burning flush spread over Brousselle’s cheeks, and blood seemed to spurt out of his bloodshot eyes, along with his infuriated look. At the same time, with a leap as quick as that of a starving tiger spotting a prey, he …Read more »

GARTER substantive – Sort of ribbon, or strap, made of fabric and with which one’s stockings are held up, above or below the knee: elastic garters.
- Order of the Garter, the highest English order of chivalry. Some writers believe that this order date back to a tournament held in Windsor on …Read more »

ISFAHAN or Esfahan (formerly Aspadana), former capital of Persia, in Iraq-Adjemi, 315 km (196 miles) south of Tehran, by 32° 39′ north latitude and 49° 24′ east longitude, population about 60 000. Isfahan is surrounded by groves, orchards, wheat fields and vineyards, in a vast plain watered by the Zeinderud. Three massive bridges span across this river. Spacious and …Read more »