Answer:
Mann employs certain sensory details to narrate Pautext life towards the ending of the 16th century. The key purpose of the imagery is to offer an impression of the community. The details provided to form the imagery by him like 'low/rise tide of the water, the sandy hillocks, maize hills, variety of nuts that grew in the park-like forest, and of how the fish looks in the water' offers a considerable impression of the community by portraying it as happy, calm, beautiful, and quite gratifying to visualize.