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Re: Voyaging the traditional way
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Oct 31, 21:50 EST
From: Frank Reed CT
Date: 2004 Oct 31, 21:50 EST
Fred H wrote:
"The tongue is much more sensitive to texture than the fingers, and could probably make an assessment of whether a bottom was sand, silt, clay, etc much more accurately than the eye and finger."
That rings a bell... I've definitely heard that before. Makes good sense, too!
Frank R
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
"The tongue is much more sensitive to texture than the fingers, and could probably make an assessment of whether a bottom was sand, silt, clay, etc much more accurately than the eye and finger."
That rings a bell... I've definitely heard that before. Makes good sense, too!
Frank R
[ ] Mystic, Connecticut
[X] Chicago, Illinois
