lorchas

I put this to Ward, the skipper commanding the two lorchas which made up our little convoy.

Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

That was plainly impossible - so they didn't intend the lorchas ever to reach Canton.

Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

That was plainly impossible - so they didn't intend the lorchas ever to reach Canton.

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

I told Ward to keep way on the lorchas, and on no account to heave to.

Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

Who these sympathisers are, we don't know - "that was good news, too," since the work was entirely overseen by a most skilful Chinese, a former pirate, who brought the arms to Macao, shipped them up the Pearl in lorchas, and passed them to the Taipings ... where?

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

Nothing official to be done on Portuguese territory, of course, but my friend knew where the lorchas were preparing to weigh - and there they were, sure enough, ostensibly loaded with opium, if you please.

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

So when I was aboard the sloop, and its young commander had listened to little Fisher's report and my own terse embellishments, and whistled softly at the sight of the lorchas 'cargo, I was perfectly prepared for the inevitable question, asked with respectful bewilderment:

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

She would have contrived to get aboard the lorchas, "he went on impassively," even if you had not been there, for it was her task to see where the cargo was landed, in the event that Ward had eluded our patrols.

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

I told Ward to keep way on the lorchas, and on no account to heave to.

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

Who these sympathisers are, we don't know - "that was good news, too," since the work was entirely overseen by a most skilful Chinese, a former pirate, who brought the arms to Macao, shipped them up the Pearl in lorchas, and passed them to the Taipings ... where?

Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985