The device that caused the scare was later said to have been a ballcock from a bathroom cistern, packed with fireworks. |
At 2.45 we see a fibre-glass cistern in the water off Calheta, and under it is a vast shoal of electric-blue dorados. |
The oil reservoir, or font, was mounted on top of the cistern, and the flow of oil into it was controlled by a valve. |
It is a water-saving device you fit in your toilet cistern so that less water is used for flushing. |
He fled to his cistern to bring back water, but though the fledgling grasped the cup and strove to drink, he could not force it down. |
Then our bathroom's ageing cistern started to play up, so I made a quick phone call to our reasonable and reliable plumber. |