Vacationers were wearing ponchos instead of swimsuits at the peak of the summer season because of the tropical storm, which has drenched Florida for at least four days straight like a giant shower head set up over the state's Gulf Coast.
The huge and splendid bath provided a walk-in shower, twin basins set in a black marble vanity, electric lighting and extravagant amounts of hanging space.
One of the series' most beautiful effects occurs during a funeral, when the bodies of tribe members killed in battle are set alight on elevated pyres and then rise slowly toward the sky in a shower of sparks.