SMWS 53.354 Titillated by ten tickles

Among the fresh seaweed of the ocean floor, the octopus peered at the barnacle-clad hull of an overhead steamboat as it puffed clouds of soot over its cargo of ripe bananas, smoked almonds and molasses. The reek of beech resin and tar on teak from its decking mingled with the brine of the sea and buckets of scallops.