the leaky meat bucket was a river faring vessel, captained by Ump and Buggly, the ships cargo was raw meat that had once been frozen but thawed on the long journy in the deserts sweltering heat. The juices from the
rancid meat pooled in the floor of the boat and the putrid smell lingered for miles up river. Ump and Buggly grew used to the smell but every other boater on the canyon wretched and heaved their lunches when catching
the smallest whif of her stern. there has
never been another vessel like it nor will there ever be...