The first time I heard them struggling with their electric instruments and singing in cracked falsettos, I imagined a line of fishing boats puttering off into the fogbound sea of a cold New England morn. Ah, Shrimp Boat, I exclaimed, what a fine name for sounds so churning and drifty!

Contrary to orders, the trucks closed in upon each other and sometimes even raced side by side, despite the extended-order drill.

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Essentially a hybrid between a howitzer and a gun, thus a gun-howitzer, the licorne was capable of a flatter trajectory and a longer range than the conventional howitzer.