To this Jerry assented, as did the Kanakas themselves, and Dailey sang out that two praus were coming out of the river toward them.
The chattering natives were somewhat relieved from their panic when the two praus shot alongside the gangway and Jerry held animated converse with his friend the headman of the village.
The boys turned and saw one of the native prauscoming from the river toward the yacht.
After this, the bound Kanakas were taken aboard the two praus, the still unconscious but not badly hurt engineer was carried down, to join his chief on shore with the captain and mate, and the praus shoved off.
We pushed the boat into the surf, expecting every moment to see one of the praus glide around the projecting reef that separated the two inlets.
Chinese in sampans and Malays in praus were gliding about our bows and back and forth between the great foreign men-of-war that overshadowed us.
Then he burned their quarters and vessels except that of Joan de Mendoca, who, fearing the danger, descended the river toward the sea and defended himself against some praus that had followed him.
Finally, when near the bar, in order that the ship might not escape them, all the praus surviving the previous engagements attacked with one accord and made the last effort in their power.
I saw two of their praus leave Singapore, and they've been on the watch for us.
Shot after shot, some whistling by the mast, some striking the water, and others going before or behind, but not one touched the cutter, and as the three praus rowed out and grew more distant the practice became more wild.
Tell him that one of the praus came alongside to beg for water.
Still there was that hundred yards to clear; and now, favoured by the currents that played round the north point, it was evident that at least one of the praus had cleared it and was coming down upon them straight for the bay.
The other half were sent afloat in one of the boats, I suppose, and one of the praus kept firing at them till they got beyond reach.
The stowaway was right; there were three prausnow visible, and Bruff was growling angrily, as if he recognised enemies in every long low boat.
They had no means of telling whether they were seen or no; all they could make out was that the praus were coming steadily along, sometimes sailing, at others, when the wind dropped, being urged forward with long oars.
Out at sea lay the great Petrel with a couple of praus alongside, and as far as he could see, in his quick glance, the deck was covered with swarthy figures.
Two praus approached a boat sent ashore, whereupon the latter was ordered back, and the praus fled.
He had two praus and his men were playing upon the abovementioned gongs.
When the Moro king heard how we had treated the junks, he sent us a message by one of our men who was ashore to the effect that the praus were not coming to do us any harm, but that they were going to attack the heathens.
Praus resemble fustas, while the almadies are their small fishing boats.
After a stay of twenty-three days in Borneo, the men in the ships fearing treachery from the evolutions of a number of praus and junks, attack and capture one of the latter with twenty-seven men.
We went elephant-back to the seashore, where we found two praus which took us back to the ships.
Six days later the king again sent three praus with great pomp, which encircled the ships with musical instruments [cinphonie] playing and drums and brass gongs beating.
The praus [boats] of the Sulus are very neatly built, from 6 to 40 tons burden, sail well, and are all fitted with the tripod mast.
The Iban of the Batang Lupar and Saribas in the olden days joined the Malays in their large war praus on piratical raids along the coast and up certain rivers and they owe their name of Sea Dayaks to this practice.
Their clumsy but seaworthy praus are met in every seaport from Sumatra to the Aru Islands, and they have established permanent trading stations and even settlements in Borneo, the Philippines, Timor, and as far east as New Guinea.
There is one of our praus at the southern mouth of the river.
They are shaped somewhat like the praus at Guam, with one side flattish and the other with a pretty big belly; and they have small slight outlayers[193] on one side.
Six days later the king of this district sent three more praus with great pomp, which encircled the ships whilst bands of music were played and drums beaten.
Sometimes the praus would be filled with young girls, female slaves (though not feeling any of the misery of slavery), who were to be presented as household servants to the daughters of chiefs betrothed to this and that heir apparent.
They were similar to the prahus or praus of Malaysia, which did not turn round, but sailed backwards and forwards, the sharp stem being exactly like the sharp stern.
We had no sooner arrived at that island than we bought four praus laden with wood, and in less than one hour we stowed it aboard the ship and then immediately laid our course toward the southwest.
He brought two other praus filled with girls to present them to his betrothed.
As all the praus return in July, I should not be able to spend that season in Aru without remaining another whole year, which was out of the question.
This proves at all events that praus must be good sea-boats, for the captain has been continually making voyages in them for the last ten years, and says he has never known water enough enter to do any harm.
The praus had left this village a few months before, and among the murdered men were the Rajah's son, and the relation or slaves of many of the inhabitants.
At five the next morning we started again, and in an hour overtook four large praus containing the "Commissie," who had come from Dobbo to make their official tour round the islands, and had passed us in the eight.
It is the rendezvous of the praus trading to various parts of New Guinea, which here assort and dry their cargoes, and refit for the voyage home.
The crew were living on shore, the praus being in a small river close by, and they were attacked and murdered in the day-time while bargaining with the Papuans.
By the help of some kind friends I was introduced to the owner of one of the large praus which was to sail in a few days.
He was now more than ever confirmed in his opinion of the unluckiness of the boat, and in the efficiency of the holy oil which all Bugis praus had poured through their bottoms.
Smith saw the praus clustering round the junk like a swarm of bees.
But the men left in the praus had already begun to paddle frantically away, heedless of the fate of their comrades.
As yet the Malays had not gained a permanent footing on the deck, but for every man that was felled or hurled back into the praus there were a dozen to fill the gap, and the most valorous of fighters could not long contend against such odds.
For some minutes Smith shepherded thepraus toward the shore.
There were also a few square-rigged trading-vessels, and twenty or thirty native praus of various sizes.
There's the yacht on the shoals, my brig at anchor, and about a hundred of the worst kind of Illanun vagabonds under three chiefs and with two war-praus moored to the edge of the bank.
A child wailed on board one of the praus and a woman hailed the shore shrilly.
That the boat had been lowered to communicate with the prausseen and avoided by him in the evening he had no doubt.
Two praus rode in shallow water near the sandbank; on the ridge, a sentry walked watching the lights of the brig; the camp was full of quiet whispers.
Daman got nothing from me, and that very evening the praus were ordered by Belarab to leave the lagoon.
Leaving his brig with a hundred and twenty born and bred pirates of the worst kind in two praus on the other side of a sandbank.
They are mighty angry but I don't care for their anger now, for by sinking their praus I have made them as harmless as a flock of lambs.
One misty morning I moved the brig nearer the sandbank and directly the mist cleared I opened fire on the praus of those savages which were anchored in the channel.
Just as we had done the business of those praus the man you sent off that night in Carimata to stop our chief officer came sailing in from the west with our first gig in tow and the boat's crew all well.
As the praus passed by the Emma he shouted to me he was going to wait for you outside the creek.
The man in charge reported that several fires were burning on the shore, the crews of the two praus being encamped on a sandbank.
He remembered that he had seen only a few hours ago three native praus lurking amongst those very islands.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "praus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
