Sentences with phrase «of boatman»

Enjoy an hour filled with insighful learnings courtesy of your boatman who will take your journey from one constellation after the other, from mangroves to plankton and to every interesting detail there is to fireflies.

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.

In fact, one of our boatmen said, «There's no off - peak season in El Nido.»

At this point, we were unsure what was happening, until one of our boatmen yelled, mantas!

One of our boatmen had even able to see a sea turtle.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

«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.

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.

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.

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

Later that day, the boatmen took me around to Tufi — which is a spectacular setting of rainforest lining these long fjord - like rias — but I was already missing Tumari.

Although I usually stay away from guided tours of any kind, we did meet up with a local boatman, a fourth - generation islander with a rich local accent — something like a cross between the deep south and Old English — who took us around the island and peppered his talk with references to what «used to be here,» or «burned down there,» or «went bankrupt over there.»

The boatman dropped us and our bikes on the tip of the island and we scrambled up the steep slope into a sun - scorched rice paddy wilderness.

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.

We took out repellent oils and lotions and requested that our boatmen take us to the island across, Bancalan Island, and that's where we stayed through the night on our first day of Balabac island hopping tour.

Thanks also to boatmen who let me hitch going and coming out of the islands.

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.

The boatman warned against trying to snorkel around the island — partly because it is quite big, but also because the currents are stronger on the backside of the island.

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.

Our boatman also took some short walks to explore paddy fields, visit the Chavara Bhavan Shrine, and to sample some of the local palm toddy in a toddy shop.

Tell the boatmen to bring you to the Mangroves — It's a very nice mangrove forest but only accessible during high tide if you're lucky enough you'd take a glimpse of those wild birds flying around the mangroves.

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.

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.

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.

It tells the story of Mathew Gross, 31, the former rock band drummer, Colorado River boatman, and -LSB-...]

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.