Sentences with phrase «boatman for»

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Sometimes if he proved obdurate, the god Re was besought to command the boatman to serve him: «O Re, Commend King Teti to Look - behind, the ferryman of the Lily - Lake, that he may bring that ferry - boat for King Teti, in which he ferries the gods to yonder side of the Lily - Lake, to the east side of the sky.

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

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.

If you weren't holding on, there were lashes, lashing straps everywhere that you grabbed onto, and the boatmen would say for the really tough rapids, first of all, everybody had to get down onto the deck and hold on with both hands to the lashing straps.

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

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.

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.

Ghosh gives the reader a veritable feast of characters: Deeti, the strong - willed wife of Ghazipur opium addict, Hukam Singh; Hukam's uncle ruthless Bhyro, a recruiter of migrant labourers; carpenter Zachary Reid, the son of a Baltimore Negro freedwoman and her white master; Burnham, merchant and closet masochist; Jodu, a boatman; Raja Neel Rattan Halder, a debt - ridden zemindar; Serang Ali, leader of the lascar seamen; James Doughty, a pilot for ships entering Culcutta; Kalua, a low - caste ox - cart driver; Paulette Lambert, the feisty orphaned daughter of a French botanist; Baboo Nob Kissin Pander, Burnham's accountant who is a virgin celibate with strong religious beliefs; Captain Chillingworth, engaged for his last sea - voyage; first - mate Jack Crowle, a man with an inferiority complex and a sizeable cruel streak; and Chinese - Indian opium addict, Ah Fatt.

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.

Most of the island hopping tours come with a guide, a boatman, and a seafood spread for lunch.

Our boatmen then didn't have a name for it when we asked.

We stayed in an open cottage in Candaraman Island while our boatmen grilled fishes and cooked shrimps and large prawns for our lunch the traditional way — by gathering sticks for wood.

One of the most exciting aspects of staying in this home is that you'll have access to its 30 - foot pleasure boat, manned by the villa's boatman this vessel is available during the day to guests for just the price of fuel.

The boatmen, local fishermen from the village are typically hired for these morning tours of the lake along with a nature guide from Cinnamon Nature trails to give you a first hand experience of the wonderful birds and wildlife that live on this man - made lake fronting the Cinnamon Lodge.

We did meet kind people as well — our boatman in Inopacan and fellow tourists in Biliran, for instance — but in general the locals didn't struck me as warm compared to those we'd encountered in other provinces.

Local boatmen will take you from Jungut Batu to Mushroom Bay for IDR 30.000 (US$ 3.20)--- or you can just walk for 35 minutes, or over to Nusa Penida for IDR 400.000 (US$ 43.90).

Local boatmen will take you from Jungut Batu to Mushroom Bay for 30,000 rupiah (US$ 3.20)--- or you can just walk for 35 minutes, or over to Nusa Penida for 400,000 rupiah (US$ 43.90).

On our way downriver the boatman will stop in the tiny village of Monkey River for a lunch and an opportunity to purchase souvenirs.

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.

My sense of outrage can not even be tempered by thought of judgement after death - for I firmly believe (and I have brushed with the boatman on the Styx) there is nothing else after this life.