 | Dirk Hendrik Kolff - 1840 - 402 Seiten
...trepang banks are situated. At low water hundreds of men, with their wives and children, may be perceived wading from Vorkay towards these islets, (the water...fishing on the banks situated at a greater distance, the Arafuras use a prahu, constructed for the purpose, in which they embark their entire family. These... | |
 | Dirk Hendrik Kolff - 1840 - 405 Seiten
...trepang banks are situated. At low water hundreds of men, with their wives and children, may be perceived wading from Vorkay towards these islets, (the water...fishing on the banks situated at a greater distance, the Arafuras use a prahu, constructed for the purpose, in which they embark their entire family. These... | |
 | Dirk Hendrik Kolff - 1840 - 406 Seiten
...trepang banks are situated. At low water hundreds of men, with their wives and children, may be perceived wading from Vorkay towards these islets, (the water...fishing on the banks situated at a greater distance, the Arafuras use a prahu, constructed for the purpose, in which they embark their entire family. These... | |
 | 1840 - 594 Seiten
...banks are situated. At low water, hundreds of men, with their wives and children, may be perceived wading from Vorkay towards these islets, (the water...fishing on the banks situated at a greater distance, the Arafuras use a prahu, constructed for the purpose, in which they embark their entire family. These... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1871 - 1174 Seiten
...seen wading from Vorkay towards these isles (the water being only two or three feet deep,) cairying a basket at their backs, and having in their hands...Alfoers use a prahu, constructed for the purpose, iu which they embark their entire families. These vessels have a very strange appearance. They have... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1873 - 1030 Seiten
...hundreds of men, with their wives and children, may be seen wading fron Vorkay towards these isles (the water being only two or three feet deep,) carrying...a basket at their backs, and having in their hands i stick. Bo, is an island of the eastern Archipelag» inhabited by a mixed race of Papuans and the... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1885 - 1302 Seiten
...hundreds of men, with their wives and children, may be seen wading from Vorkay towards these isles, carrying a basket at their backs, and having in their hands a stick provided with an iron point, for lifting the trepang. For fishing on the banks situated at a greater distance, the Alfoers use a... | |
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Vorkay towards these islets, (the water being only two or three feet deep,) carrying a basket at their backs, and having in their hands a stick provided with an iron point. When the water is deeper than this, they make use of canoes. For fishing on the... 