Example of imagery..... the allure of life on the raft.
"Then we set out the lines. Next we slid into the river and had a swim, so as to freshen up and cool off; then we set down on the sandy bottom where the water was about knee deep, and watched the daylight come. Not a sound anywheres - perfectly still - just like the whole world was asleep, only sometimes the bullfrogs a-cluttering..."
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn