He stared for a long period at the elderly gentleman who was watching the feluccas on the river through the window.
A line was laid running alongside the Canal bank, so that the wharves, and later the docks, were in direct connection with the main line: thus ships and feluccas could be unloaded direct on to a train.
For the feluccas were limited by their size to carrying articles of small compass, capable of being unloaded by hand; the larger implements of war were beyond them.
Les Salins is a poor hamlet with a little harbour frequented by feluccas and the boats of the training ships anchored in the bay.
At this part of the quay the feluccas from Spain discharge their cargoes of oranges and other fruits.
They were small lanteen-rigged feluccas of light draught; and they threaded the narrow channels, and skimmed over shoals whither the heavy men-of-war could not hope to follow them.
He was discovered, and driven away by a heavy fire of musketry, but not before he had taken the bearings of the feluccas and their defences.
The feluccas were laden with wheat, packed in sacks; and these sacks were taken ashore in great numbers, and piled up on either side of the great building so as to form breastworks.
On the shore near the spot where the feluccas were beached, stood a heavy stone building, which was taken possession of by a party of troops hastily despatched from the city.
The feluccas fired several shots, but all seemed to fall wide, and were probably intended only to frighten the chase, out of consideration for her fair freight.
As the Major looked, a signal was made from Cabrita, and directly two feluccas left their station at Algeciras, and swooped out, like two white birds, as if to intercept some bark yet hidden by the Point.
The breeze was on her beam, and much fresher with her than farther in the bay, so that the feluccas steered slantingly across her course as she made for the rock.
To our right was the harbour with its little crowd of fishing-boats; out on the sea lovely white-winged feluccas glided to and fro.
Already there were white-winged feluccas gliding upon its surface, their lateen sails spread out, enjoying the cool of the morning.
A few mariners were looking from their feluccas and gazing in curiosity, but the sight of two terrified females, seeking refuge from a mob, had nothing in itself likely to attract notice.
No question of it at all, sir; Griffin says there are a dozenfeluccas in port here, all afraid to budge an inch in consequence of this chap's being in the offing.
These feluccas would embarrass us, without affording much reward, and then their loss would ruin the poor devils of owners, and bring misery into many a family.
A liner in the fairway and feluccas tied up to the banks.
There was also considerable interest evinced in the passing vessels--feluccas and barges carrying stone and stores to Ferry Post, transports, and steamers bound for or returning from Australia.
It is a pity he gave the alarm to those feluccas so prematurely, though.
In reply I had five of thefeluccas cannonade them.
From the small forward decks of the feluccas Perry's crude cannon were belching smoke, flame, thunder, and death.
We came to anchor as close in as we dared, which with our light feluccas was within easy speaking-distance of the shore.
Each captain of the forty-nine other feluccas I made a duke.
Four of the feluccas were equipped with these instruments, and all of the captains had been instructed in their use.
Twenty graceful feluccas were moving smoothly across the waters of the sea toward the reptilian horde!
They knew of our feluccas and our guns, for several of their riding-parties had had a taste of both.
From there we sailed with sixty-five feluccasfor distant Luana, the main island of the group where dwell the hereditary enemies of Anoroc.
Twenty-five of the feluccas were of a new and larger type than those with which Ja and Perry had sailed on the occasion when they chanced to find and rescue Dian and me.
But finally they rose far out beyond the fleet, and when the feluccas came about and pursued them they left the water and flew away toward the north.
All were armed either with bow and arrows or muzzle-loaders, for nearly the entire Mezop contingent had been enlisted for this march, only sufficient having been left aboard the feluccas to man them properly.
By passing commands by word of mouth from one ship to another I managed to get the fifty feluccas into some sort of line, with the flag-ship in the lead.
The captain had let the feluccas go, and the Jenny Jones was moving.
When you see three feluccas coming alongside, get all the chaps on deck--the Dora's crew as well as ours.
He was rather nervous, and thefeluccas seemed an awful distance away.
He struck away as fast as he could and both feluccas kept a sharp lookout.
They remonstrated with the captain; they shouted to each other excitedly; those that had not got aboard the feluccas flew along the deck and jumped, one after the other, on to their vessel as she swung round.
The job we have is this: threefeluccas are lying up in the harbour laden with tobacco.
She was then slowly moved towards three feluccas which lay waiting in the bay.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "feluccas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
