The prahu was a flattish-bottomed boat about twenty-two and a half feet long by six and a half feet broad, with a bamboo gridiron flooring resting on the gunwale for the greater part of its length. ❋ Isabella Lucy (2004)
As we drew nearer, we made her out to be a Malay "prahu;" but, by the look of her, she was deserted. ❋ Frank T. Bullen (1886)
The prahu wallowed an instant, heeling in genuine distress this time. ❋ Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- (1992)
Jacquie and I stood close together, silent mostly, tangled in a web of inner feelings and wider worries, watching the disabled prahu as it grew more distinct. ❋ Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- (1992)
The collision jarred the second prahu, its foremast whipped and snapped as if it had been shot off and slid across the deck, sweeping men screaming into the stained sea. ❋ Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- (1992)
No prahu I've ever seen would have the capacity, hold or even deck. ' ❋ Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- (1992)
The yellowish craft swung sharply into the wind, sails flapping loose, and the decoy prahu, next nearest, swerved narrowly out from astern and overhauled it. ❋ Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- (1992)
The leading prahu evidently saw it a lot better than we did; the cries turned to alarm, and the high masts heeled as the wheel went hard over in a desperate attempt to turn aside. ❋ Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- (1992)
There must have been a hundred Boegies or more aboard that prahu, enough to make that very convincing list just by gathering under the gunwales. ❋ Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- (1992)
We were pulling away now, and the third prahu was nosing cautiously up to the scene, with the fourth one on its traces. ❋ Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- (1992)
The only gun of the pinnace was loaded with grape and canister, and kept pointed on the largest prahu. ❋ Henry Keppel (N/A)
With his usual delay, however, he failed to be ready, and these Pangerans did not quit the river for two days afterward, when they proceeded in a native prahu. ❋ Henry Keppel (N/A)
While we were at breakfast in the Jolly Bachelor, a loud chattering of many voices was heard, attended by a great beating of tom-toms; and suddenly a large prahu, crowded with savages, came sweeping round the bend of the river, rapidly nearing us with a strong flood-tide. ❋ Henry Keppel (N/A)
He had escaped from his prahu into a remarkably beautiful and fast-pulling sampan, in which he was chased by old Ali, and afterward only saved his life by throwing himself into the water, and swimming to the jungle; and it was with no small pride that the gallant old chief appropriated the boat to his own use. ❋ Henry Keppel (N/A)
The pirates are cruising in great force between Sambas and this, and have taken thirteen Borneo prahus, or more; they know that there are Europeans in the prahu, and have expressed a wish to take them. ❋ Henry Keppel (N/A)
And mingled with them, in picturesque confusion, the clumsy junk of the Chinaman, the Malay prahu and the slender, darting bangkong of the Sea ❋ Various (N/A)
The rajah has a fine prahu, which I have taken in hand to repair, and I have purchased a second; and the two, with three or four small canoes, will be able to cope with a hundred or ❋ Henry Keppel (N/A)
Among the mortally wounded lay the young commander of the prahu, one of the most noble forms of the human race; his countenance handsome as the hero of Oriental romance, and his whole bearing wonderfully impressive and touching. ❋ Henry Keppel (N/A)
In the prahu were captured two large brass guns, two smaller ones, a variety of small arms, ammunition, provisions, colors and personal property, among which were also two pair of handsome jars of ❋ Henry Keppel (N/A)
They were, on the following day, attacked by a prahu, which fired into them and severely wounded one man, and succeeded in capturing the jolly-boat; but finding nothing in her, set her on fire -- Lascars and all. ❋ Henry Keppel (N/A)
