Sentences with word «boatman»

He's a River Styx boatman who leads his own personal Cerberus around via a very short leash, the gifted demonic mimic able to contort his body in a manner that ups the anxiety quotient every time he makes an impromptu appearance.

We anchored right behind this protective reef where we were approached by a local boatman named Mr. Fabulous.

He also learnt the trades of boatman, merchant, clerk, postmaster, surveyor, in addition of that of a lawyer, before he was elected as a U.S. Congressman in his thirties.

Even though the water boatman does its «singing» from the bottom of rivers to attract mates, humans walking along the riverbank can clearly hear it.

OWD certified 3rd year college mechanical engineering with 10 years experience and as the 1st boatman for the centre.

It tells the story of Mathew Gross, 31, the former rock band drummer, Colorado River boatman, and environmental studies graduate student, who is now Howard Dean's full - time blogmaster.

He's never once made the trip without encountering inclement weather, contrary winds and tides, unexplained delays, seasick fellow travelers, surly packet captains, or dishonest boatmen waiting to extort the passengers ashore.

A solitary boatman, the unlit lamp, formal dress, and the coffin - shaped reflection of the window all convey powerful impressions of the feeling of death's presence.

In the meantime, Anton — a 42 - year - old boatman — became increasingly difficult to live with.

Since this is the side of the island «Convenient for Shipping,» Larry is also an accomplished boatman.

It rolls mercilessly in the gentlest of seas, yet in the hands of a good boatman is faster and smoother than a pounding ride in an outboard - powered skiff.

Stranded together on breathtaking Dal Lake, a working - class boatman and a beautiful young scientist form an unlikely bond.

My childhood memories are of him reading sea stories (he was a dedicated boatman himself), spy thrillers (my childhood years aligned exactly with the ascendency of James Bond), and brawny Westerns.

«We've poisoned it all,» mourns Davide Casati, an aged boatman who treats Brunetti to languorous tours of the floating islands on the graceful, gondola - like rowing boat he built with his own hands.

Clouds conceal the nation of Estalia, where a lone boatman makes his way across its freezing landscape.

These working dogs originated in the Algarve area of Portugal, excellent swimmers (They have webbed feet) were used by fisherman to drive fish into the nets or take messages between boatmen.

Mr. William Burns, station master and chief boatman of the Coastguard at Bangor; stated that he was on board the Statanella when the towing began, and that the Satanella was ordered to tow towards the George Hotel on the Caernarfonshire side.

He is funny and knowledgeable - truly wants his customers to understand the coastline and it's history and then use his superb boatman - ship to bring customers right up close to cool sites on the coast, including waterfalls.

For water and injury related rescue, members of the Surf Lifesaving Association and Marine Safety Officers, Steve Rueter and Claude Panis put Tavarua lifeguards and boatmen through this important training.

The local boatmen know all the best spots.

The bancas which can carry 8 to 10 tourists were paddled by a single boatman who also acted as tour guides.

Many boatmen opened businesses for charters to go out in search of the many elusive gamefish that swim in the waters of Catalina Island.

This is not a place for beginner divers and inexperienced boatmen.

Not really wanting to find out why he calls himself «Captain Willy» curiosity, and the lust for gold, got the better of me and I followed the cursed ghost boatman to Plunder Cove.

Meanwhile in X and Van Dijk, the Gerechtshof (court of appeal) in Den Bosch asked preliminary questions on the application of the social security provisions of Regulation 1408/71 to Rhine boatmen falling under the international Rhine Agreement.

Observations revealed that D. villosus took a far greater toll on the other species in its tank than did G. duebeni, killing and mangling large numbers of blue - tailed damselflies, water boatmen, fish leeches and water hoglice.

Unfortunately, the good doctor is out of town for two days, so Armand ends up talking with his stern, moralistic housekeeper Louise (Helen McCrory) and his mysterious daughter Marguerite (Saoirse Ronan), who denies knowing Vincent well even though a local boatman (Aidan Turner) saw them rowing together.

Don't believe the (sometimes crooked) boatmen who say that you can't reach Tonsai on foot.

Nonetheless, the breed did survive, although with a low profile, through the efforts of a few loyal river boatmen and farmers.

My step - daughter buys a whole fish from a boatman in Westport, WA and we split the take.

The boatman is Charon, the mythical ferryman who carries souls across the river Styx and into the underworld.

The observer knew that Fahmy could drown, so he wisely ordered the boatman to reach over and touch Fahmy's body, and that disqualified him on the spot.

The radars recorded medium - sized insects (hoverflies, ladybird beetles, and water boatmen) and large ones (hawk moths, painted lady butterflies, and aquatic beetles) flying between 150 meters and 1200 meters high; balloon sampling flights helped provide estimated counts for smaller insects.

Water boatman is world's loudest animal relative to its size, thanks to a little help from its sex organ

Specifically, the water boatman, Micronecta scholtzi, rattles its penis along grooves in its abdomen to produce a chattering song — that registers at 99.2 decibels — about the volume of a loud orchestra heard from the front row.

It was built in 1875, and named after a boatman named Christopher Crisp.

The characters were vibrant and engaging, I fell in love with Samuel the boatman, you actually can feel a level of compassion for them.

The boatmen who bring the refugees across from Myanmar are charging $ 120 a person, which pretty much strips these people of the last of their assets.

The movie takes on the structure of a low - boil Agatha Christie mystery, with a succession of interviews conducted by Armand (all with people inspired by figures in van Gogh paintings): a boatman (Aidan Turner), a farmer, an inn - keeper's daughter (Eleanor Tomlinson), Dr. Gachet's caustic housekeeper (Helen McCrory), and the doctor's daughter Marguerite (Saoirse Ronan), with whom van Gogh was seen taking boat rides.

Actor Luke Evans enters the fray as Bard the boatman, a man who is more than meets the eye and our company's ticket into Laketown, where a shrewd Mayor played by Stephen Fry awaits them.

Using his trusty ZEISS microscope, Nick will give the audience an opportunity to stare into the jaws of a Dragonfly, see the whiskers on a midge and find out why a water boatman has such a hairy bottom!

He wrote a humorous travel letter and signed it Mark Twain (mark twain is a boatman's call indicating that the water is only two fathoms deep, which is the minimum for safe navigation); he continued to use this pseudonym for the next 50 years.

He owned the river that flowed outside the village, and he took a cut of every catch of fish caught by every fisherman in the river, and a toll from every boatman who crossed the river to come to our village.

Sara Rosetta Wakeman left home at the age of 19 disguised as a man and worked as a boatman on a coal barge to earn money to support her eight siblings.

Both the despotic militants, who rule without true governance, and the ragged bands of fighters who resist them, vie for the boatman's support, and Marquos is drawn into a war many others don't realise exists.