“Should two adjoining barbs become separated —and considerable force is needed to pull the vane apart— they are instantly zipped together again by drawing the feather through the fingertips,” explains the science textbook Integrated Principles of Zoology.
The small room adjoining the Kingdom Hall in Papeete served as the branch office from 1975 until 1983, when a new branch was constructed in the township of Paea, about 15 miles [25 km] from Papeete.
14 That is why the book of the Wars of Jehovah speaks of “Vaʹheb in Suʹphah and the valleys* of Arʹnon, 15 and the descent* of the valleys,* which extends toward the settlement of Ar and adjoins the border of Moʹab.”