There are many such sentences on offer here, pleasant, rhythmic descriptions of mountains, lakes, boats, animals, food and machinery.
At each water sampling time we recorded environmental conditions, including air and water temperature, cloud cover, rainfall, wind speed and direction, wave height, number of people (on the beach and in the water), boats, animals (number and type, on the beach and in the water), tide stage, and debris.
He moved to Anstruther, irrevocably seduced by its glamorous lifestyle of fishing boats, farm animals and wind-ravaged hedonism, and got involved in the running of the indie label Fence Records, founded by Kenny Anderson, AKA folk musician King Creosote.
Often remarkably clear and vivid, these vertical rock wall paintings – preserved in overhangs and caves – are sophisticated, stylised pictures of people in boats, antlered animals, horse-like creatures, men and women in elaborate costumes taking part in dances and ceremonies.
Now it is a stretch of ice cream shops, cafes and expensive boutiques; then it was a roiling sea of floating cars and boats, dead animals and people swimming for their lives.
What little we know about the squid has mostly been based on dead and dying specimens hauled up by commercial fishing boats or animals washed ashore.
In Ghana, mostly among the Ga people, elaborate figurative coffins in the shape of cars, boats or animals are made of wood.
Moss was used to caulk the Viking boats, while animal hair and textile materials were used in ancient Mediterranean boats.
And the swelling curves and bold decoration of a ceramic pot painted with a stylized boat and animals is as alluring today as it must have been 5,000 years ago.
But you can't help but root for him, and for his crew of good-natured followers – and marvel at the writer who fills a wheeled boat with animals, sets them afloat, and bears the reader effortlessly away with them on an unprecedented, unforgettable voyage.
Parking: $5. Certain attractions, including the Wallaby Walkabout, cost $1 extra, and boat and animal rides $4. Tyler Arboretum, 515 Painter Road, Media, Pa.
