 | 1829 - 292 sider
...descriptions following : the greatest is called a 'junk, the middling sized a dzaw, the least a "kakam. The sails of these vessels are made of cane-reeds,...wind. In some of these vessels there will be employed a thousand men, six hundred of these sailors, and four hundred soldiers. Each of the larger ships is... | |
 | William Desborough Cooley - 1830 - 426 sider
...of the great Chinese ships called junks : — " The sails of these vessels are made of cane reeds, woven together like a mat ; which, when they put into...standing in the wind. In some of these vessels there will he a thousand men, six hundred of them sailors, and the remainder soldiers. Each of the larger vessels... | |
 | 1839 - 272 sider
...present times ; and is held to be very accurate. "The sails of these vessels are made of cane reeds, woven together like a mat ; which, when they put into...in the wind. In some of these vessels there will be a thousand men, six hundred of them sailors and the remainder soldiers. Each of the larger vessels... | |
 | Charles Rathbone Low - 1881 - 368 sider
...exaggerated account of the Chinese junks at Calicut: ' The sails of these vessels are made of cane reeds, woven together like a mat; which, when they put into...in the wind. In some of these vessels there will be a thousand men, six hundred of them sailors, and the remainder soldiers. Each of the larger vessels... | |
 | Asiatic Society of Bombay - 1883 - 530 sider
...descriptions arrived, " the greatest is called jimfi, the middling size zaw, and the least Jeakam. The sails of these vessels are made of cane-reeds...standing in the wind. In some of these vessels there will he employed 1,000 men, 600 of these sailors and 400 soldiers. "Si Soon after the Portuguese made their... | |
 | James Dyer Ball - 1906 - 282 sider
...descriptions following : the greatest is called a junk, the middling-sized a zaw, the least a kakam. The sails of these vessels are made of cane-reeds,...wind. In some of these vessels there will be employed a thousand men, six hundred of these sailors, and four hundred soldiers. Each of the larger ships is... | |
 | James Dyer Ball - 1906 - 276 sider
...descriptions following : the greatest is called a junk, the middling-sized a zaw, the least a kakam. The sails of these vessels are made of cane-reeds,...wind. In some of these vessels there will be employed a thousand men, six hundred of these sailors, and four hundred soldiers. Each of the larger ships is... | |
 | 1878 - 548 sider
...is the description which he gives of them: — "The sails of these vessels are made of cane reeds, woven together like a mat ; which, when they put into...in the wind. In some of these vessels there will be a thousand men, six hundred of them sailors, and the remainder soldiers. Each of the larger vessels... | |
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The sails of these vessels are made of cane-reeds, woven together like a mat ; which when they put into port, they leave standing in the wind. In some of these vessels there will be employed a thousand men, six hundred of these sailors, and four hundred... 