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Here are the sources of the last set of quotations: (August 14th to 21st) 1. ...I walk down a road, a white sandy road near the sea. There are broken fences on either side, and Men come and look at me over them ... is from 'In the Same Boat' in A Diversity of Creatures. 2. ... He said they used to begin with noises in his head like rotten walnuts being smashed. The Voices were all mixed up with horrible dope dreams... is from 'Fairy Kist' from Limits and Renewals. 3. ... the first thing he saw, standing in the verandah was the figure of himself... is from 'At the End of the Passage' in Life's Handicap. _______________________________________________ And here are the new ones for August 22nd to 28th 1. ... a well-wheel slowly creaking, going round, going round, By a water-channel leaking over drowned, warm ground - Parrots very busy in the trellised pepper-vine - And a high sun over Asia shouting: 'Rise and shine!'... 2. ...When the storm is ended shall we find How softly but how swiftly they have sidled back to power By the favour and contrivance of their kind ? 3. ...Whether the broken, honey-hued, honey-combed limestone Cream under white-hot sun; the rosemary bee-bloom Sleepily noisy at noon and, somewhere to Southward, Sleepily noisy, the Sea ... _______________________________________________ All contributions will be gratefully received. John Radcliffe %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%