 | William Dampier - 1699 - 592 דפים
...as they are called in the Eaft-Indies^ and therein they take great delight. Thefe are built ftiarp at both ends ; the bottom is of one piece, made like...inftead of a Keel. It is about 26 or 28 foot long ; the under part of this Keel is made round, but inclining to a wedge, and fmooth j and the upper part... | |
 | Henry Coleman Folkard - 1863 - 414 דפים
...to prevent the proa from being capsized. The hull of the proa is very neatly made and put together; the bottom is of one piece, made like the bottom of a little canoe, very neatly dug, and left of a good substance ; this bottom part is instead of a keel, twenty-six... | |
 | David Laing Purves - 1874 - 856 דפים
...proas as they are called in the East Indies, and therein they take great delight. These are built sharp at both ends. The bottom is of one piece, made like the bottom of a little canoe, very neatly dug, and left of a good substance. This bottom part is instead of a keel ; it is... | |
 | New Zealand Institute - 1897 - 788 דפים
...' as they are called in the East Indies, and therein they take great delight. These are built sharp at both ends. The bottom is of one piece, made like the bottom of a little canoe, very neatly dug, and left of a good substance. This bottom part is instead of a keel ; it is... | |
 | Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson - 1906 - 308 דפים
...Proes, as they are called in the East Indies, and therein they take great delight. These are built sharp at both ends; the bottom is of one piece, made like...little Canoa, very neatly dug, and left of a good substance. This bottom part is instead of a Keel. It is about 26 or 28 foot long; the under part of... | |
 | William Edwin Safford - 1905 - 576 דפים
..."])roe8," as they are called in the East-Indies, and therein they take great delight. These are built sharp at both ends. The bottom is of one piece, made like...a little canoa, very neatly dug and left of a good substance. This bottom part is instead <jf a. keel. It is about 2(> or 28 foot long. The under part... | |
 | United States National Herbarium - 1905 - 570 דפים
...they are called in the Kast-Indies, and therein they take great delight. These are built sharp at hoth ends. The bottom is of one piece, made like the bottom...a little canoa, very neatly dug and left of a good substance. This bottom part is instead of a keel. It is about 26 or 28 foot long. The under part of... | |
 | William Edwin Safford - 1905 - 574 דפים
..."proes," as they are called in the East-Indies, and therein they take great delight. These are built sharp at both ends. The bottom is of one piece, made like the bottom of a little caiioa, very neatly dug and left of a good substance. Thin bottom part is instead of a keel. It is... | |
 | Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson - 1906 - 308 דפים
...Proes, as they are called in the East Indies, and therein they take great delight. These are built sharp at both ends; the bottom is of one piece, made like...little Canoa, very neatly dug, and left of a good substance. This bottom part is instead of a Keel. It is about 26 or 28 foot long; the under part of... | |
 | C. H. Forbes-Lindsay - 1906 - 678 דפים
...extraordinary bouts are given by eighteenth-century voyagers. Dampier describes them as " built sharp at both ends. The bottom is of one piece, made like...a little canoa, very neatly dug and left of a good substance. The bottom part is instead of a keel. It is about 26 or 28 foot long. The under part of... | |
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Proes, as they are called in the East Indies, and therein they take great delight. These are built sharp at both ends; the bottom is of one piece, made like the bottom of a little Canoa, very neatly dug, and left of a good substance. This bottom part... 
