baggala

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His large baggala, which mounted ten tiny guns and was named the Dunijah_, is now employed in trade Then there are the bamboo skiffs with decks almost flush with the side, requiring great skill in working.

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  • His large baggala, which mounted ten tiny guns and was named the Dunijah_, is now employed in trade Then there are the bamboo skiffs with decks almost flush with the side, requiring great skill in working. —  Southern Arabia
  • We crossed over in a small baggala, and had to be poled for a great distance with our keel perpetually grating on the bottom. —  Southern Arabia
  • My husband promised 100 rupees for every day, and the sultan compelled a captain whose baggala was loaded for Mokalla to take us to Aden, by refusing to give him his papers otherwise Our last moments at Shukra were spent lying on the sand with our heads on a bag, and sheltered by a little bit of sacking on three sticks. —  Southern Arabia
  • His large baggala, which mounted ten tiny guns and was named the _Dunijah_, is now employed in trade. —  Southern Arabia
  • We crossed over in a small baggala, and had to be poled for —  Southern Arabia
 

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