From there I watched luggers coming in on the tide and dinghies bringing in piles of shell, with a Koepanger paddling in the stern. |
There was the sirdar, or chief porter, our cook and his assistant, and then the troop of basic carriers and luggers. |
Several lighter vessels and pearling luggers were sunk or wrecked. |
They also built European-style luggers and skiffs, and the pirogue, based on Indian dugout canoes. |
Forget all the sailing ships, the sloops, brigs, schooners and luggers lost here, and concentrate on the steamships. |
Hundreds of wooden luggers once plied the northern coast from Cossack to Cairns. |