 | John Henry Grose - India - 1766 - 496 pages
...peculiar to that coaft. The grabs have generally two mafts ; though fome have three. Thofe of three mails are about 300 tons burthen ; but the others are not more than i50. They arc built to draw little water, being very broad in proportion to their length ; but narrowing... | |
 | 1787 - 752 pages
...Malabar coaft. The grabs have rarely more than two m.ifl.i, although fome have tltree ; thofe of three are about 300 tons burthen ; but the others are not more than 150: they are built to draw very little water, being very broad in proportion to their length, narrowing... | |
 | Robert Beatson - Great Britain - 1790 - 622 pages
...hundred tons burden, but the others not more than one hundred and fifty. They are fo conftru&ed as to draw little water, being very broad in proportion to their length, narrowing however from the middle to each end. Inftead of bows, they have a prow projecting like a... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...three ; the Utter being about Of h« »oo tons burthen, and the former 150. They are fleet, built 'o draw little water, being very broad in proportion...inftead of bows, they have a prow projecting like a Mediterranean galley, and covered with a ftrong deck levtl with the main deck of the veffel, from... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1916 - 690 pages
...described the grab as having ' rarely more than two masts, though some have three ; those of three are about 300 tons burthen ; but the others are not more than 150 ; they are built to draw very little water, being very broad in proportion to their length, narrowing,... | |
 | Sir Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell - English language - 1903 - 1088 pages
...81. 1763. — " The grabs have rarely more than two masts, though some have three ; those of three are about 300 tons burthen ; but the others are not more than 150 : they are built to draw very little water, being very broad in proportion to their length, narrqwing,... | |
 | Kr̥shṇājī Ananta Sabhāsada - Maratha (Indic people) - 1920 - 292 pages
...uniting ships '-" The gurabs have rarely more than two masts, although some have three ; those of three, are about 300 tons burthen ; but the others are not more than 150 : they are built to draw very little water, being vory broad in proportion to their length, nun-owing... | |
 | Kŗishṇāji Ananta Sabhāsada, Surendra Nath Sen - Maratha (Indic people) - 1920 - 302 pages
...ships 1 - " The gurabs have rarely more than two masts, although some have three ; those of three, are about 300 tons burthen ; but the others are not more than 150 : they are built to draw very little water, being very broad iu proportion to their length, narrowing... | |
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The grabs have rarely more than two masts, although some have three ; those of three are about 300 tons burthen, but the others are not more than 150. They are built to draw very little water, being very broad in proportion to their length, narrowing... 