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they said the same thing punctured lungs I never could find out what punctured lungs were I believe he knew he was going to die. It was on his mind. He was always talking about death in the last few years. It runs through all his work. Come up and see these papers, Dylan I'd say, there'll be things to do when I die I'll be dead before you, mother'. Don't be foolish, boy. I'm your mother. Mothers die before their children I won't read them. I'll be dead first And he never did. There must have been something. There must have been a little something Daddy wasn't strong. Only one full term he ever worked at the Grammar School. He was always exhausted by the work and nearly died of septicaemia. Later on he was ill for many months with cancer of the throat. He had to give up, you know, and then he got angina October 17 Towards the end Dylan was in a very bad state. He would be so exhausted after walking from the Boat House to The Pelican that he couldn't speak. He'd have to sit down to get his breath Dylan loved his food. He had a very good breakfast, a good lunch, and then nothing till suppertime. Of course he always had a pocket full of nuts and sweets. Monkey nuts he liked. I was picking the shells out of my chairs for months after he died. And sweets Those he didn't like he'd put down the side of the chair. Dear boy I wish I had him back October 21 Dylan was very loth to go to America the last time. Three times he came back to kiss me goodbye. He begged Sally to look after me And to think I shall never see him again Full Fathom Five by S. AND A. OSBORNE WE LIVE IN A LAND which has been stripped of its mysteries, and to this, Gower is no exception. Every inch has been surveyed, mapped, worked, and civilized, every path, tree or rock is known, and generations of cultivation and patient toil have indelibly left man's stamp on the countryside. All this, however, ends where the sea begins, for beyond our cliffs or golden beaches lies Terra Incognita a region as wild, strange and unknown as anything on the face of the earth, a region peopled by strange, living creatures, where every visit is a true exploration.