For anyone wondering why I was asking about a descriptive passage from Life on the Mississippi a few weeks back, here's the answer: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/295635.Wesley_Britton/blog I know it's not the sort of scholarship this Forum is all about. Still, if you don't mind slumming with me for a few minutes . . . Dr. Wesley Britton Author, Beta-Earth Chronicles www.drwesleybritton.com