When man tries to understand the world around him, he often compares things to members of his own body. So if you have a steep hill or a cliff jutting out toward the sea, that’s the headland. When the Romans thought about the crater of a volcano, they called it the jaws, and I guess that makes sense, and besides, I’m not going to argue with them. We …
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