 Another boat of this country which is very curiously constructed is called a Mourpunkey ; these are very long and narrow and sometimes extending to upwards of an hundred feet in length, and not more than eight feet in breadth...  Voyages to the East-Indies - Page 463by Johan Splinter Stavorinus - 1798 - 572 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Hodges - 1783 - 210 pages
...fail. Another boat of this country, which is very curioufly conflru£led, is called a Moor-punky : thefe are very long and narrow, fometimes extending...are always paddled, fometimes by forty men, and are fleered by a large paddle from the ftern, which rifes either in the fhape of a peacock, a fnake, or... | |
 | 1793 - 550 pages
...of fail. Another boat of this country, which is very curioufly conttru&ed, is called a Moor-punky ; thefe are very long and narrow, fometimes extending...an hundred feet in length, and not more than eight in breadth ; they are always paddled, fometimes by forty men, and are fleered by a large paddle from... | |
 | William Hodges - 1794 - 202 pages
...of fail. Another boat of this country, which is very curioufly conftructed, is called a Moor-punky : thefe are very long and narrow, fometimes extending...large paddle from the ftern, which rifes either in the fhape of a peacock, a fnake, or fome other animal. The perfons employed to paddle are directed by a... | |
 | 1860 - 600 pages
...very ' curiously constructed is called a Mour-punkey; these are very ' long and narrow and sometimes extending to upwards of an. ' hundred feet in length,...eight feet in breadth, ' they are always paddled, sometimes by forty men, and are ' steered by a large paddle from the stern, which is either in ' the... | |
 | 1906 - 520 pages
...constructed, is called a mourpunkey ; these are very long and narrow, and sometimes extending to upwards of a hundred feet in length, and not more than eight feet in breadth ; they are always paddled, sometimes by forty men, and are steered by a large paddle from the stern, which is either in the shape... | |
 | University of Calcutta. Department of Letters - 1921 - 380 pages
...Bengal. According to Wilcocke, the translator of -these Voiingett, tho maynrpankhi sometimes extended to "upwards of an hundred feet in length, a,nd not more than eight feet in breadth," and was " very expensive, owing to the beautiful decorations of painted and gilt ornaments, which are... | |
 | Benoy Kumar Sarkar - 1925 - 106 pages
...Bengal. According to Wilcocke, the translator of these Voyages, the inayurpankhi sometimes extended to " upwards of an hundred feet in length, and not more than eight feet in breadth," and was " very expensive, owing to the beautiful decorations of painted and gilt ornaments, which are... | |
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