proa

• Whenever the wind freshened, the smell of the broiling fish came up to where I was, and I understood then why it was that I had not been fed that day as usual on the deck of the war-proa. —  Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos
• As the unfortunate marine fell into the hold of the proa, the pirate chief seized his musket and fired it at the officer standing at the gangway. —  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
• The boats were immediately manned and sent in chase, when in ten minutes the proa was boarded, upon which the pirates retreated below, and with their long spears through the bamboo-deck made a desperate defence, but finally, refusing quarter, were slain to a man, and the proa was sunk by the guns of the pinnace The piratical fleets cruising off the coast of China committed even greater depredations on commerce, as well as on the population of the sea-board, than even those in the Indian seas. —  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
• A large Congreve rocket from the smaller steamer entered a proa which had stood out to sea, and completely destroyed her. —  How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900
• The ship was filled up with as many of these commodities as could be stowed away, when a hole was made in the bottom of the proa, and she was sunk, while her crew were detained on board Captain Reed did this under the belief that Dampier and others who wanted to make their escape would be afraid to go on shore, lest the natives should kill them Passing the north-west end of Sumatra, the pirates steered for the Nicobar Islands, to the south of the Andamans. —  Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold

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