nuggar

Those were the conditions under which certain picked British soldiers, one of whom was an old friend of ours, lost sight of for a considerable time, were dragging their nuggar up a series of cataracts.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

The rope strained as if it would snap; the bows of the nuggar were buried in foam, and the men hauling were forced to take the corporal's hint, and keep their breath for other purposes than conversation.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

What with poling, and shoving, and pulling at the rope, the nuggar was floated once more at last, and on they went again, and by-and-by the river widened, and the current was not so strong, and so long as they kept the rope pretty taut the boat came along without any very great exertion.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

"A regular Nile reis, with his crew of four natives, would never have stuck the nuggar _there_."

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899

But marching at ease was such a singularly inappropriate expression for men who were dragging a heavy nuggar up a cataract under a blazing sun that there was a general laugh, and even Tarrant relaxed into a grin.

For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War Lewis Hough 1899