| 单词 | sampan |
| 例句 | Most of the men who lived here were out fishing, some not far from the shore, poling their sampans through the shallow water. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just left the baskets on the doorstep and ran. I ran all the way to the river and rented a sampan to take me across. Then I walked from the Bund.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A boat of American soldiers taking the protagonist, played by Martin Sheen, upriver stops to search a Vietnamese family’s sampan. Viet Thanh Nguyen, Prizewinning Author of ‘The Sympathizer,’ Still Wrestles With ‘Apocalypse Now’ 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z In Abdulaziz’s images, there are fishermen and poachers, conservationists and polluters, huge transport ships and tiny sampans as slender and slight as river reeds. The Many Lives Along the Yangtze River 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z She was referring to the West Lake, or Xi Hu, above, which she toured in a sampan, a traditional wooden boat, guided by a boatman. In Transit: Q&A: A Side Trip to China From Hanoi? 2011-08-09T15:52:28Z A short sampan ride takes visitors across an eddy of the Shan Pui River. A Rural Patch of Hong Kong Where Rare Birds Sing and Developers Circle 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Thousands more South Vietnamese took to sea in a motley group of boats, junks, rafts and sampans. From the Archives: The End in Vietnam 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z For the 25,000 people who commute every day between the city centre and the residential areas on the other side, the sampans - small wooden boats, powered and steered by one oar - are a lifeline. The life of a fearless Dhaka ferryman 2012-08-25T00:30:23Z The sampans, or two-oared Chinese boats, used to convey passengers ashore, are identical in shape. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z He therefore hailed a fisherman whom he observed approaching down the stream in a small sampan, or river-boat. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z There were the great men-of-war and merchant ships of the West side by side with the sampans on which thousands of Chinese made their homes, lived and moved and had their being. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z We went off in a sampan to the steamer, which was lying off a little, awaiting orders. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z Out in the harbor there were big black merchant steamers, and white men-of-war, there were fishing schooners, and sampans with wobbly, crooked oars. Captain June 2011-12-08T03:00:26.820Z There were no exceptions, from the rulers of the highest civilisations down to the sampan men of Canton and the fur-clad Samoyeds of the northern wilderness. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z The round Chinese lanterns upon the sampans moved restlessly, like fire-flies, upon the dark surface of the water. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z To the roofs of the sampans the babies were tied by long cords so that they might play on deck without falling into the water. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z As he spoke, a large sampan shot out from among its companions and came swiftly towards the wharf. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z He had hardly touched the water before he was pulled aboard a sampan, which disappeared in the darkness long before the flag-ship's boats could be manned and lowered. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z There were Chinese everywhere, on the beach, on rafts, in sampans, swimming in the water, all around, wherever you looked there were a dozen yellow faces—waiting—waiting for something. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z His eyes fell immediately upon a small sailing sampan, with a long oar fastened to the stern which did duty as a rudder. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z Fully twenty Chinamen on the two sampans floating on the leeward side of the proa made the leap to her deck, and of these eleven fell back, so deadly was the fire. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z The sampan by this time had come alongside; a woman was rowing and a vigorous conversation in Chinese ensued. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Even before the city came into view, the roads were lined with people and the canals and lakes jammed with sampans. The Image and the Likeness 2011-08-23T02:00:33.617Z He could see the embankment and the little Dirigo at anchor, the sampans still swarming around it. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z Throughout the greater part of the morning the pursuit continued without the sampan gaining upon the larger boat. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z In a moment or two every rifle in the company was covering the sampans. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z Down in the street below I could hear the subdued voices of the passers-by, the rattle of rickshaws, and the chafing of sampans alongside the wharf. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z On his first patrol as commander, the targets were two sampans — small, flat-bottomed wooden boats — that were being used as spy vessels off the islands of Palau. M.H. Rindskopf, 93, Dies; Submarine Commander 2011-08-07T02:23:06Z The mandarin's messenger still remained in an attitude of expectancy in the bow of the sampan. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z He stood at his great height in the bows of the sampan from time to time, shaking his fist at the scarlet coat of Men-Ching, who was plainly visible upon the deck of the river-junk. Held by Chinese Brigands 2012-03-26T02:00:40.573Z They were scurrying upstream when Bogoru, the fisherman, walked out on his sampan landing. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z As they talked I heard the sampan push off and disappear astern. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z “No small sampan could have broken a way like this.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z He pointed to a highly decorated sampan coming rapidly toward them, before which the others parted of their own accord, making a broad line of water to the Dirigo. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z When I did I hired a sampan and told one of the crew where my ship was. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z Four hundred yards from shore a proa was being loaded from several large sampans. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z The soft moonlight flooded everything, threw quaint shadows upon the wharf planks, shone upon the sleeping sampans beside it, and gurgled in oily wreaths on the placid water in the depths between them. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Don’t make any mistakes though, and step into the river instead of the sampan.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z The river was full of sampans and fishing boats. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z A ship's boat happened to be passing at the moment, and, on hearing your shout, she came alongside and a couple of men in her sprang aboard the sampan. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z The next passenger to leave the sampan was the Rajah Wobanguli, tall, a trifle stoop-shouldered, and leering craftily at the motley throng, the cluster of houses, and the fortifications. The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z Woe betide the exhausted hunter who seeks the deceitful shade of these trees, for the ground beneath is full of the dreaded “sampans,” which bury themselves in the flesh and cause serious injury. Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert 2011-06-15T02:00:16.390Z One of the sergeants, with a private of Hilton’s company, had just arrived on the lawn, these being two of the men who had gone down the river in a sampan. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z For Mallard was comfortably fixed as to income, and he insisted on bearing all the expense of hiring and propelling the sampan, while his uncle was left to provide only for provisions and equipments. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z In past sea robberies and incidents of piracy in the region, small fishing vessels such as sampans were used to board ships, the advisory said. Singapore Warns of Strait Attack 2010-03-04T13:57:00Z Though he no longer had his outlook over the lake, with the daily coming and going of fishing-boats and sampans, he had an extended view of the city and was close to the university. Lafcadio Hearn Though the ship had barely halted, already it was surrounded by prahus and sampans, the indigenous varieties of skiff, and among them one there was so trim it might have come from a man-of-war. A Transient Guest and Other Episodes His words seemed to give the men fresh strength, and they forced the sampan on with renewed force. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z "Well, Mr. Kit-ze," said Mr. Reid, "are you ready to take another journey with your sampan up the South Han?" The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Browne had been pacing the deck for upwards of a quarter of an hour, when he noticed a sampan pull off from the shore towards the yacht. The Red Rat's Daughter Then they tumbled over the side and were rowed away in a sampan, hot, but happy. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The village stands on the river Sarawak, and at any moment of the day a sampan can be hired to take one thither. The Woodlands Orchids They plied the paddles, then, sending the sampan through the sparkling water, till a few minutes after, when there was a loud grating noise, for they were aground. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Thus Mr. Kit-ze, coming in sight of the sampan, saw Clarence standing in the water and holding something at arm's length over which all were exclaiming. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z They shook hands, and then MacAndrew, picking up his precious box, went down the ladder, and, when he had taken his place in the well, the sampan pushed off for the shore. The Red Rat's Daughter Past the rice-fields green low-lying, Where the sea-gull’s winging down From the fleets of junks and sampans And the ancient Chinese Town! Songs of the Army of the Night Servants are as easily found in those countries as sampans, if one be not too particular. The Woodlands Orchids Here, paddle me across,” he said to one of the natives who was cleaning out his sampan ready for any passengers who might want to be put across to the island. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z He safely conducted her out of the surging crowd and to the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Pale sampans up the river glide, With set sails vanishing and slow; In the blue west the mountains hide, As visions that too soon will go. Song-Surf Ships, steamers, sailors, many a flag and nation, A motley crew, Junks, sampans, all East’s swarming jubilation, I watched and knew. Songs of the Army of the Night A small trader who had debts to collect among the Subanos offered his sampan, with its crew, on reasonable terms, and proposed to go himself. The Woodlands Orchids This put new life into them; and racing onward, they reached the water’s edge just as a couple of Malay fishermen were securing their sampan to a post. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Mr. Reid and Mr. Wilburn, with Mr. Chefoo, being informed of the return of Mr. Kit-ze, joined them as rapidly as they could in view of the crowd that bore them company at the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Other appendages included a chimpanzee, and a small Chinese slave boy, bought by her father from one of the innumerable sampans in the harbor of Canton. Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria Out on the sea the sampans ride And the mountains brim with mist and sun. Many Gods In a very few minutes the squall passed on; but it had swamped the sampan. The Woodlands Orchids As it came nearer, those in the sampan hardly dared to breathe, but crouched there, waiting patiently till the great vessel had passed. One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Mr. Reid joined in the effort to induce the people to withdraw from the sampan, but without success. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z But as the steamer approached, they turned out to be Chinese "sampans" and fishing-boats, hard at work. Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly As we come to anchor in the bay a perfect swarm of small boats, called sampans, dance round the ship, and the owners offer their wares with astonishing noise. Round the Wonderful World A sampan is following," translated the girl in her tiny voice, "but we are nearly there. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The families occupying these sampans will average at least four individuals; a man and wife with two children,—frequently there are half a dozen of the latter. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months If we do undertake our sampan journey, we must have Mr. Kit-ze. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The sampan has a similar faulty arrangement of stern. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Then we enter the magnificent harbour of Yokohama with its hundreds of sampans, junks, tugs, ships, steamers, and every other craft. Round the Wonderful World None the less I have this day, since we parted this morning, indulged in one pistol duel between sampans, with one of your admirable confrères——" "Yes, I heard of that. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Instantly the ship was surrounded by sampans, and the occupants, not a few of whom were Chinese, swarmed aboard, eager to find buyers for the fruit, sake, and other articles which they had for sale. Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War Mallard recalled his uncle's words now, as he was helping to store the coin away in what Helen and Dorothy had termed the sitting room of the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z To make matters worse it was as dark as pitch, and it was some time ere, after shouting ourselves hoarse, we could procure a sampan to take us on board. On the Equator A long pull in a rickety sampan across the harbour of Sourabaya involves numerous collisions with fruit-boats, canoes, and rafts, before reaching the steamer in the offing. Through the Malay Archipelago The sampan was no longer there; another had taken its place, a sampan long and as black as the night which encompassed it. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China When you go to Bangkok, I strongly advise you to hire a sampan and visit the floating portion of the city after nightfall. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China "How are we to go on without our sampan man?" The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Along the Chinese Bund the sampans huddled even more closely together, and rocked and creaked and complained. The Pagan Madonna A sampan nearly always houses an entire family, and is rowed by the father and mother. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Then something resembling the scream of an enraged parrot sang over their heads, and he instinctively ducked, turning to see from which of the sampans this greeting had come. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The Bonite swung at her moorings in the Menam, opposite my hotel windows, so, made cautious by previous experiences on other coastwise vessels, I went out in a sampan to make a preliminary survey. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China "Well, we have the sampan," remarked Mallard cheerfully. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The river swarmed with sampans and barges and launches. The Pagan Madonna The good behavior of the babies of the sampan flotilla is always appreciated by visiting mothers whose nurse-maids at home have difficulty in keeping their young from crying their lungs out. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan The yellow sampan veered far from her course, and a sweep floated on the surface some few yards aft. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China In sampans, houseboats and other craft, moored to the banks of these canals, dwells the major portion of the city's inhabitants. Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China Even when the crowd had left the sampan, scattered by the impetuosity of the runners, Helen still felt nervous. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The sampans made her think of ants, darting, scuttling, wheeling. The Pagan Madonna For keen realization of the Far East, Hong Kong, with its streets of Chinese shops, and water front massed with sampans, affords a full and most satisfying opportunity. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan "The sampan boy hasn't been paid," she remarked, opening her purse. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The sampan has a sharp bow and a wide, square stern, and navigators say it will live in a sea which would swamp the ordinary Whitehall boat of our water-front. The Critic in the Orient Early the next morning the sampan was heading again up the river. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z I shall never forget how the passengers laughed when the captain told them why he had had to reverse his engines to keep from crushing the frail Chinese sampan. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas It is a common sight to see sampans propelled up and down stream by women, each rower having an infant strapped to her back. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan The sampan slipped under the towering shadow and brought up with a smack against the moving black hull. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China They drop anchor in the harbor, and they are always surrounded by small sampans, the owners of which are eager to take passengers ashore for about twenty-five cents each. The Critic in the Orient They found some difficulty in getting away from the crowd, many of whom followed the sampan for some distance into the water. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z "That sampan full of Chinks was trying to get away from the River Devil, so they shot across our bow to fool him and we nearly ran them down." Flash-lights from the Seven Seas Lining both sides of the river, extending into Shameen Creek, the sampans are everywhere. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan He was sitting upon the wet floor of the sampan's low cabin. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China We went ashore in a sampan and at once proceeded to visit the western suburb. The Critic in the Orient Helen had brought some oilcloth matting for the floor of the sampan, and a little oil stove that they could light when the air was damp and disagreeable. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z On the water between the two towns, really one great harbor, were thousands of lights, indicating the position of invisible steamships, junks, tugs, launches and sampans. Wanderings in the Orient After crossing the creek in a crazy sampan the party separated, each taking his own line of country. Life and sport in China Second Edition The sampan reared, braving the direct onslaught of the Whang-poo's swift tide. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Then came out in big sampans an army of Japanese numbering two thousand in all. The Critic in the Orient He had hesitated a long time about undertaking the sampan journey because as yet there had not been sufficient money to defray the necessary expenses. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z At Canton the river, which is there only a few hundred yards wide, was jammed with craft of all kinds, including one or two small war vessels and hundreds, probably thousands, of sampans. Wanderings in the Orient I had been to tiffin with the captain and was just coming away when, pointing to some natives in a sampan close alongside, he said, "Have you ever seen those men dive for fish?" Life and sport in China Second Edition Strong arms encircled his waist, and he was no longer aware of the motion of the sampan. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Guides who came out in sampans said that there was only a forlorn hope of getting into the walled city, as nearly all the gates had been closed for two days. The Critic in the Orient "Then, uncle," said Mallard, after they had talked a little further, "let us decide positively on going, also that we take Mr. Kit-ze and his sampan." The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z A strong southerly gale had raised high seas, and enormous lighters and sampans, employed for disembarkation, were thrown high and dry upon the beach. World's War Events, Vol. I She followed the hermit to the river side, where his small and leaky sampan was drawn up on the mud. Life and sport in China Second Edition Except for the junks and an occasional sampan, the Hankow had the stream to herself. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The Japanese sampan, as well as other boats, is never painted, but it is always scrubbed clean. The Critic in the Orient He seemed to regret Mr. Kit-ze's behavior keenly, and to be deeply sympathetic with the sampan party in its desire so plainly expressed to be off on the journey. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Skirting in and out, we saw about three miles of houseboats on sampans. Travels in the Far East The ferryboat is a round-bottomed, wobbly sampan, with a tiny cabin in the stern. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia There was no constraint in the pose of the man on the sampan's flat roof. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China She came aboard in a sampan to take ashore two ladies from Los Angeles. The Critic in the Orient Big hats, green coats, topknots, and wide trousers were soon jumbled together in a series of kaleidoscopic flashes, then quiet reigned once more around the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Small sampans with three or four sails predominated. Travels in the Far East There was an arched bridge over the blue water, and a sampan sculled by a boatman in a brown kimono. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia Nevertheless, he hailed a sampan as though his pockets were weighted down with lumps of purest silver. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China It is crowded with steamers, ferryboats, Chinese junks with queer-shaped sails of yellow matting, sampans, trim steam launches and various other craft. The Critic in the Orient "We can't afford to start off with our sampan man in the pouts." The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Every junk and sampan has its tutelary idol. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The captain said that most of them were Chinese sampans, and the boatmen were of the same nation. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics His mind was not in a normal state just then, or he would not have wanted to cross to Ching-Fu in a sampan. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The middle of the sampan is covered by a bamboo house, and in the forward part of this house the family has its kitchen fire and all its arrangements for food. The Critic in the Orient He was very proud of his sampan, and insisted on showing them its various fine points as well as dwelling upon them. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z On Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Coffin had the pleasure of being told, by the healthy-looking captain of the sampan or boat by which they were to get ashore, that she was "a red-faced foreign devil." Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman He was introduced to everybody, and advised the travellers to take Chinese sampans for their visit to the shore, for the novelty of the thing. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics As he descended this contrivance he scanned the other sampans warily, and in one of these he saw a head which protruded from a low cabin. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Looking out from the steamer one saw at least two miles of these small sampans and larger craft massed along both shores of the river, which is here about a half-mile wide. The Critic in the Orient While the bargaining with the would-be polemen went on, the young people had gathered within the sitting room of the sampan, that is, all with the exception of Clarence. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z We ought to go right up the river in a sampan, with plenty of bait, and try in a bit of sharp stream close to one of them deep holes.” Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris Morris shouted that the sampan was in the channel, and the Blanchita moved into it. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The sampan was a little larger than the others, and it darted in and out on the edge of the waiting ones. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China I will work my passage from place to place; I will go in every sort of craft, from the Chinese junk to the Malay prahu and sampan. Mark Seaworth Find out what was his object in concealing himself in the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z I have been thinking of boats and sampans and nagas and gunboats, and all the rest of them. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris They got into their sampans; but they remained near the Blanchita, evidently desirous to see her sail. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Inch by inch, and yard by yard, they drew, away from the pursuing sampans. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China As he spoke he clapped the piece to his shoulder and fired twice rapidly, as the Malays in the sampan seemed to dive through a screen of reeds into some creek beyond. Middy and Ensign It is safe to say that had he known the result he would at once have headed his sampan off up the river again even with its objectionable occupant. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z This discovery made, the grapnel was pulled up and the sampan thrust in close under the bank at the bottom of the Doctor’s garden. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris The steamer backed at the order of the captain; and a strong line was thrown into the sampan, which one of the Malays seized and made fast. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics "In Hong-Kong you will go aboard a sampan and be rowed Kowloon-way, from whence the train runs by the great river to Canton." Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Every sampan or prahu that came down the stream was stopped, boarded, and searched, at first greatly to the annoyance of their occupants. Middy and Ensign It was finally arranged that Mr. Reid, in company with Mr. Chefoo and the stowaway, should attend upon the magistrate while the others remained with the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z It would be impossible to force the sampan through this tangle. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris Taking the wheel himself, he run her close to the land some distance above the point, and worked the sampan and its tow close to the shore. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics See those red-and-yellow blossoms on the hill, near the governor's place, and the poor little brats on that sampan, thinking they're the happiest kids in the world. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Bob felt that his minutes were numbered, for as he struck out for the shore the Malays in the sampan uttered a savage yell, and came in pursuit. Middy and Ensign Peering out through the opening between the curtains, she saw two Korean women moving away from the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z “There’s the last on her just going down;” and he pointed to a spot a few yards away, where, dividing the pendent branches of their shelter, was the attap roof of their sampan. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris The tow-line of the sampan was then lengthened out to a hundred feet or more, and the yacht went ahead again, rounding the point, so that the peninsula lay between the steamer and her tow. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The sampan rubbed the green timbers of the Kowloon landing stage. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Meanwhile the boatmen were rowing steadily up stream, it having been seen to be useless to attempt pursuit of the Malays in the sampan, and they were rapidly nearing the steamer. Middy and Ensign It would be a very one-sided and unsatisfactory progress if the sampan were propelled from only one end. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z See how pleased that boatman was—that man who came up to you out of the sampan, and who brought us that fish afterwards. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris When they had drawn him within a few feet of the sampan, the line was made fast, and the men paddled to the steamer. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics No sampan in the whole of Victoria Harbor was safe to-night, but one. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China “Sahib wants my beautiful fruit,” said one of the dark-faced men in the sampan, towards which Tom Long had stepped. Middy and Ensign "With considerable danger at some places, I understand, Mallard; and this is why we should have a stout sampan as well as a sampan man who understands both his business and the river." The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z It’s what those sampan chaps say when they come back without catching any fish. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris Clingman began to overhaul the painter of the sampan, for it did not look strong enough for the present strain. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The sampan lurched, scraping and tapping along a surface rough and metallic. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Gray remained motionless for a few moments, and then, convinced that this meant ill to him, he began to wade cautiously along towards where the sampans lay in the stream, some thirty yards away. Middy and Ensign For some days they had been talking of this sampan journey up the Han. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z For the plashing of poles reached his ears, and the dark form of a good-sized sampan came round a curve, with its attap awning glistening softly like dead silver in the moonlight. Trapped by Malays A Tale of Bayonet and Kris "It is about my bedtime, and I think I will go to my sampan and retire." Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics With these not altogether pleasant ideas commanding his brain he jumped into the sampan in which the maid from Macassar was smilingly waiting. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China He puzzled for a few moments, as the sampan pushed off. Middy and Ensign They knew they must not overload the sampan, as much as they might want to take some things. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Get in big sampan junk, pilate man no sabby jolly sailor boy come along. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser He had caused a red rag to be tied to the top of a screw-pine while the sampan was looking for a channel through the lake, and Clingman had stopped the boat abreast of it. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics He still heard that lonely, anguished voice; the black sampan still rested on his eyes, heaving on the flood tide upon which the great ship strained, as if eager to be gone. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China True enough, Doctor Bolter was seen in a sampan rowed by one of the Malays, and a minute or two later he was on deck. Middy and Ensign Besides, though Mr. Kit-ze has deserted us, yet the sampan is his. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z “Hi! look out, old Chin-chin, or we shall run you down,” he shouted to a man in a sampan. Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser Many of the sampans were made of three planks; and the people on board of them, mostly women, were exceedingly amusing. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics She had sighted us long before we noticed her; and seeing from our altering our course now that we desired to speak her, she downed her helm and was soon alongside the sampan. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea Consequently the supplies within had to suffice, and middy and ensign thought gloomily of the past, when sampans brought daily an abundance of delicious fruit, when flowers were abundant, and fish in plenty was supplied. Middy and Ensign At some places it gurgled over the rocks only a foot or so below the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The captain perceived the sampan the moment it left the ship’s side, and hailed Jack. The Penang Pirate and, The Lost Pinnace The heads were all put in the sampan, and they made a full load for it. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Ching Wang’ll see to the sampan, as he calls it, and I will steer, sir, if you give me the course, sir. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea There is neither campong nor sampan upon the river, and it is evident that there is no trade. Middy and Ensign Mr. Reid gave the signal for the sampan to be headed again up the river. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z That quiet, staid Penang with her shaded streets and sampan covered harbor should be the scene of a naval engagement such as I witnessed today is almost unbelievable. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 With the assistance of the seamen, the carcass of the old orang was dragged down to the river, and put in the sampan of the Malays. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Night fell while they gazed at the unfamiliar scene, and the lanterns on the sampans, bound for the customs hatoba, glistened over the bay like fireflies. Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box But the next moment he reasonably enough asked himself why he should do so, for there was nothing alarming in the fact of a tiny sampan gliding over the river. Middy and Ensign In the meanwhile, Clarence and Mallard kept watch upon the man, who had now assumed a squatting posture upon the floor of the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z They were his sampans, with their square, painted eyes—eyes that the foreigners pointed to and laughed at! Civilization Tales of the Orient Achang and two of the seamen were directed to attend the "Big Four," and they were landed in the sampan. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics In the sampan the Shan was still pulling with undiminished energy, but Jim Dent was beginning to pant. Jack Haydon's Quest "Sired by a whisky barrel, spawned by a stretcher, and a throw-back to a Chinese sampan!" Where the Sun Swings North So soundly did the other occupants of the sampan sleep that none of them were aroused by this incident, not even Dorothy. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z As they neared the dock, crowds of bobbing sampans, with square, painted eyes—so that they might see where they were going—came out and surrounded them. Civilization Tales of the Orient The two sampans had before made fast to the shore; and as the Blanchita got under way, one of them put off, and paddled towards the crocodiles. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The sharp nose was within half a dozen feet of the stern of the flying sampan, for Dent and the boatman were once more pulling with all their might. Jack Haydon's Quest At the river side he left me to return to his solitary home, while I crossed the river in a sampan, and then set out over the hills to Chungking. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma She afterward learned that he had fallen in with another sampan almost as soon as he had left them, and had worked his way up the river. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z A little paddling up the stream or down, in a pirogue or a sampan, a net strung across the sluggish waters, and there is food again. Civilization Tales of the Orient The captain had ordered the sampan to be brought alongside, and two men were at the paddles. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The two men in the sampan fought with set brows and clenched teeth to gain the far-off shore and save the lives of themselves and their comrades. Jack Haydon's Quest Yet, as time wore on, I felt through the sampan's frantic floundering a hand of guidance, a touch of mastery. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story In the meanwhile a large crowd had gathered, both on the river bank and in the shallow water surrounding the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Out in the harbour the lights gleamed fitfully, the lanterns on the bobbing sampans contrasting with the steadier beams of the big ships anchored in the roadway. Civilization Tales of the Orient The boat had not gone more than a mile when the young men discovered a sampan containing two Malays paddling with all their might for the shore. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics A single word rang out from the steersman, and the rowers bent to one last tremendous effort to hurl their stout skiff upon the fragile sampan. Jack Haydon's Quest The sampan came into the wind with a shock that threw us to the deck. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Yes, the first search ought, by all means, to have been made in and around the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z They paddled themselves to the steamer in pirogues or in sampans, white faced, anæmic, apathetic, devoid of vitality. Civilization Tales of the Orient The other Malay brought from the sampan a couple of spears, a parong latok, and a bundle of ropes and rattans. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics So close were the two boats when this skilful manœuvre was executed that the dripping bow oar of the pursuers was flourished almost in Jack's face as the sampan flew round. Jack Haydon's Quest We go from this office to my sampan, which lies moored at the bulkhead not far away. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story On their return to the sampan they found that the others too, had been having trials in their absence. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z He had no desire to take a sampan and row out to the nearest cargo-boat and ship away to the Southern Seas, and sink himself in romance north or south of the Line. Civilization Tales of the Orient "You had better go with us," said the agent, as his sampan stopped abreast of the steamer. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics He felt the sampan turn turtle under him, and in another second he was shot into the dark, fierce current, and felt the waters close over his head. Jack Haydon's Quest He swung the sampan a couple of points to starboard, discovering close beneath our bows the tip of another reef that stretched toward the land diagonally across the path of the wind. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Men, women, and children had even climbed upon the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z But at Yokohama, Blake hurried ashore in a sampan, met an agent who seemed to be awaiting him, and caught a train for Kobe. Never-Fail Blake A purchase was rigged to the top of one of the stanchions, and the dead animal was hoisted into the sampan. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The only thing I remember is hitting my head a terrific crack against the prow of the sampan as I went over. Jack Haydon's Quest It was directly against this wall that Lee Fu was driving the sampan. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story This they did, joining the sampan a mile or so above after some rather exciting adventures with the natives. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Then I 'll have a sampan take me out to the German boat. Never-Fail Blake "I suppose if we had made our trip up these rivers in a sampan, we should not have got so far inland in another week," added Morris. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics They meant to run down the slight sampan and hurl its occupants into the deadly current below. Jack Haydon's Quest When we reached the sampan, lying under a weather shore beneath the bulkhead, we found a scene of consternation. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story He would not, he declared, permit such an idiot to handle a pole of his sampan, for he was one who had no sense for moving his hands two ways at once. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z He fell forward on his face, on the bottom of the rocking sampan. Never-Fail Blake In the early morning, as the hands were casting off the fasts, two Malays came alongside in a sampan, and asked to be towed to the Sadong. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics As the sampan darted away on her new course, the skiff was left floundering on the water. Jack Haydon's Quest A moment later we stood on the quarter-deck of the cruising sampan. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story "You don't really know that he can't help you with the sampan, do you?" regarding him steadily. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The sampan into which he stepped, in fact, did not creep up to the shore until evening. Never-Fail Blake As the sampan receded from the saurians, they approached the bait. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Kneeling on one knee in the bottom of the sampan, Jack put all his strength into the strokes of the broad paddle. Jack Haydon's Quest In reality, she's more of a junk than a sampan, a sizable craft of over a hundred tons, and the best product of the Chinese shipyard. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story There were many sampans, junks, and other rude craft at anchor in front of the city, and they had much difficulty in making their way through them. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Her rig was the Chinese sampan style, which is, I consider, the most convenient boat rig in the whole world. Voyage of the Liberdade "Tell them we will go ahead, Achang, and all they need to do is to make fast their rattans to the sampan," said Captain Scott, when he had taken in the situation. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics His only trouble now was the loss of his sampan, and his grief was soon turned to joy when he received a sufficient sum of rupees to buy another and leave him something in pocket. Jack Haydon's Quest He was interested in the ever-changing shipping, the crowds of strange craft lying by the wharves or moored to buoys in the great impetuous Irrawaddy, and the swarms of sampans darting in all directions. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma They had not more than tied up when an immense crowd began to gather about the sampan, even wading out into the water. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Deaf to my orders, she strays about the streets alone and dares to sail her own sampan. The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan The yacht, with the sampan still in tow, started up the river, keeping in the middle of it. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Half an hour later all three embarked upon the sampan whose owner had found out the anchorage of Moung San, and the tiny craft was thrust into the river and pulled across the flowing stream. Jack Haydon's Quest The contraband is quickly lowered in gunny bags to the sampans and carried off in triumph to its destination. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma Soon silence settled down around the sampan, for its inmates had retired to rest. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The surf, through which it is carried in an open boat, called a sampan lonchore, renders such accidents unavoidable. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants The yacht got under way again, and with the Malay sampan in tow, headed down the river. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Every muscle in his body was tingling to put its strength against the smooth current and the weight of the sampan. Jack Haydon's Quest In landing at Hong Kong, after a long voyage, it looks very odd to see the water covered with small boats, or sampans, as the Chinese call them. The Nursery, No. 107, November, 1875, Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers The mutang had now sprung down from the side of the sampan into which she had crept, and was moving rapidly up the slight incline when Helen and Dorothy in turn reached the bank. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z These are named koleh, are raised about two streaks on a sampan bottom, have one mast and an upright or square sail, but long in proportion to its breadth, which rolls up. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants "The water is not so dirty as it has been everywhere below," said Captain Scott, as the Blanchita stemmed the current without any difficulty, where paddling a sampan must have been a laborious occupation. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The meal was scarcely ended before the light sampan was back with good news. Jack Haydon's Quest Here, close by a torpedo store, I was put on board a sampan, a long, narrow boat, sharp at both extremities, with an awning. Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War We should like to start by Tuesday of next week; and when we are ready we want the sampan ready. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Next morning we went up the river in sampans, and in about six hours arrived at a place called quallo Lumut. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants The sampan was cleaned out when the hands had finished their dinner, and the "Big Four," embarked in it. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics "I could see the old fellow was going to ask questions," remarked Jim Dent, when they were once more in the sampan, and the big Shan was pulling strongly across the stream. Jack Haydon's Quest The doctor went down the side to the waiting sampan, which at once set out for the Sha-mien. The Ragged Edge Thus it was considerably elevated, and thus he had a fair view of the water all around the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z As for myself, I start off at once, in a hired sampan. Madame Chrysantheme While the native was talking, the seamen, by order of the captain, had hoisted the head of the saurian into the sampan towing astern, placing it on a piece of tarpaulin. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Jack was just beginning to thrust the paddle down for a strong, deep stroke when the sampan struck something. Jack Haydon's Quest One of the sampans was hailed, and a rope-ladder was lowered. The Ragged Edge But as a rigid search failed to reveal it, he at length came to the conclusion that he had dropped it in or near the river while helping to load the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z It is about two o'clock when we reach the Triomphante in a hired sampan, where I have heaped up all my cases till there is danger of sinking. Madame Chrysantheme Under the direction of the captain the steamer was run up to the shore; and the bank in this place was high enough to enable the party to land without using the sampan. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The picturesque harbor, full of sampans and junks, the gay streets, full of color and movement, the thousand unfamiliar sights and sounds, held no interest for the Honorable Percival. The Honorable Percival At sunset the swarming abruptly ceased; even the sampans appeared to draw closer together, with the quiet of water-fowl. The Ragged Edge The most of them creaked horribly, and when our friends in the sampan heard one for the first time, they thought for a moment it was some great beast in terrible pain. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z On the contrary: "We quite understood," she said, "how impossible it was, in such dreadful weather, to undertake so lengthy a crossing in a sampan." Madame Chrysantheme The sampan was sent ashore to cast off the fasts. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics "For my own sake, then," he growled, annoyed at the interruption, as the sampan was afloat. The Wings of the Morning In these sampans whole families, sometimes five generations, live and move and have their being. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Flocks of mandarin ducks and wild geese flew by; some of the latter even swam close to the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z One of the nurses at once volunteered to go, and with a Bible woman and a reliable man-servant she took the trip down the river, in a little sampan, to the smitten village. Notable Women of Modern China In front of every one of them was a flat boat—sampan; and one was seen which was large enough to have a roof of the same material as the house. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The large triangular sail of the sampan was now bellying out in the south wind. The Wings of the Morning The carriage having driven off, I was quite alone, and had some difficulty in dispersing them, and being allowed to enter the sampan I had selected. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months It was too bad! for aside from the pain and discomfort that it gave him, how were they to get on with the sampan without him? The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The sampan men, grown quiet and orderly, clustered like flies by the open door, through which they could see and hear what passed. Dutch Courage and Other Stories The captain proposed to go for them in the sampan, when Clingman volunteered to wade to the tree for the game, and soon returned with the two victims of the millionaire's unerring aim. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Before he could empty a second magazine a fortunate bullet ripped a plank out and the sampan filled and went down, amidst a shrill yell of execration from the back of the cliff. The Wings of the Morning It is very pleasant, for the river runs close under the parapet, and its surface is always covered with junks, sampans, and boats and ships, going swiftly up or down with the strong tide. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months He had lost his cargo, and had very nearly lost his sampan; but, injured though he was, he had managed to cling to the latter and to get it safely to shore. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z There was lost, according to their story, a large amount of property belonging to the Sangleys, which they had placed aboard sampans at the Page 37time of the fight. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 10 of 55 1597-1599 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century The boat waited to see the covered sampan, and later there appeared to be two of them. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics But a sampan, laden with Dyak pirates, came first, and the intrepid explorer's bones rested near the well, whilst his head had gone to decorate the hut of some fierce village chief. The Wings of the Morning No accident, however, occurred, though one junk and one sampan had the very narrowest escape. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months But the stipulations were that he was not to move from his end of the sampan, and at night he was to leave them. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Little sampans glided in and out like whispers, and small boats with crossed oars, rowed by one man, ferried to and fro, but it was late, and, gradually, all commercial traffic ceased. The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery He used no deadly weapons, but substituted for them a long cord he had brought from the sampan. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The marks on the sand proved that only one sampan had been beached. The Wings of the Morning I was immediately surrounded by a vociferating crowd, each individual member of which was anxious to extol the merits of his own sampan. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months She was sleeping at the side of the sampan next to the shore. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z In the course of time our sampan arrives opposite and reveals a curious two-storied cave temple, with many gayly dressed people, pleasure sampans, and bamboo rafts. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama It struck two small sampans, upset them, and spilled the men in them into the angry, boiling waters. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Their sampan might have provided a last desperate expedient if other savages effected a landing. The Wings of the Morning We soon reached the island of Chock-Sing-Toon, and disembarked at a small pier near a village, which looked more like sampans pulled up on the shore than huts or cottages. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months "But a competent sampan man is hard to find," said Mr. Reid. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Big freight sampans float past, propelled by oars if going down-stream, and by the combined efforts of tow-line and poles if against the current. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama "There comes a covered sampan up the river," he added, pointing down the stream. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Indeed, events proved that more than eighty men had come ashore in three large sampans, roomy and fleet craft, well fitted for piratical excursions up river estuaries or along a coast. The Wings of the Morning Many of these sampan people have never set foot on shore in their lives, and this water-life of China is one of the most extraordinary features of the country. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months It was a long while ere she could go to sleep, even though her father assured her that it was to the interest of the runners to keep close watch upon the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Arriving at the river, the little officer is dumbfounded to discover that I have no sampan—that I am not travelling by boat, but overland on the bicycle. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama "I went up and down all the rivers of Sarawak in a sampan with an English gentleman who was crocodiles, monkeys, mias, snakes, and birds picking up." Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Soon both rifles were pitching twenty shots a minute at the sampan. The Wings of the Morning Off the town of Victoria the crowd of shipping is immense, and it became a difficult task to thread our way between the fleets of sampans and junks. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months "As it has in our sampan man here," observed Mr. Reid with a sigh. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z All day long our modest little sampan keeps company with this gay fleet, giving me an excellent opportunity of witnessing its manoeuvres. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama He was put into the sampan, and made fast there. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics With a favorable wind they need not set sail until dusk, and their fleet sampans would easily cover the intervening forty miles in five hours. The Wings of the Morning The sampans Page 371are long boats, pointed at both ends, and provided with a small awning. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months They clambered up the side of the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The water is very low in the upper reaches of the river, and the sampan has to be abandoned a few miles from where it started. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Captain Scott ordered the helmsman to go to the shore, and there the painter of the Malay sampan was cast off, and her men got to the land. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics "One of the remaining sampans has got under way," he explained, "and the warship is firing at her." The Wings of the Morning Behind the Barrington's sampan, a large lighter came alongside the wharf. Kimono It was quickly arranged that Mr. Reid, Mr. Kit-ze, and Mallard should set off in search for them, while Mr. Wilburn, Clarence, and Joyce remained to take care of the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Across the ferry are several official sampans with a number of boys gayly dressed in red and carrying old battle-axes; also a small squad of soldiers with bows and arrows. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Then she went ahead again, and the result was that she pulled the sampan upon the point; and as she was flat-bottomed, there was no difficulty in doing so. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics As they came out into the open he saw three men, not two, pushing off a large sampan. The Wings of the Morning The sampans in which we were to spend eight days were drawn up on the beach with twenty or thirty others. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China There was a joyful reunion at the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z All semblance of anything in the nature of a continuous path terminates at the temple, and hailing a sampan bound up stream, I obtain passage to the northern extremity of the canyon. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Mr. Eng came on board of the yacht when his sampans were taken in tow, and was seated with the cabin party on the forward seats. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics Yet he was almost positive—though search alone would set at rest the last misgiving—that only one sampan had visited the island. The Wings of the Morning Our beds were spread in the sampans which we shared in common with the four river men who formed the crew. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China Soon after reaching the bank, Mallard had climbed out on an end of the sampan and steadied his camera for a snap of the city. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Passing sampans are greeted by the crew of our boat with the intelligence that a Fankwae is aboard; the news being invariably conveyed with a droll "ha-ha!" and received with the same. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama We have been on picnics up the river in a sampan where we waded and fished, then landed on an island of bamboo and fern and cooked our dinner over a hibachi. The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration But before he could frame a feeble pretext for his too sanguine prediction, a sampan appeared, eight hundred yards from Turtle Beach, and strenuously paddled by three men. The Wings of the Morning One moment we would pass a sampan so loaded with branches that it seemed like a small island floating down the stream. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China They were now some distance into the village, and a half-mile or more from the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z As their guest for the day I obtain an agreeable change of diet from the swashy preparations aboard the sampan, and learn much valuable information about the nature of the country ahead from their servants. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The beguiling tea-houses, and softly swinging sampans were all too distracting. The Lady and Sada San A Sequel to the Lady of the Decoration Judging from the manner of the Dyak's involuntary plunge he had been hit by a ricochet bullet, whilst the sailor's efforts were wholly confined to sinking the sampan. The Wings of the Morning Boiling with rage we dressed and went for a walk, vowing not to spend another night in the place but to sleep in the sampans. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China More than an hour had been wasted since the loading of the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Sometimes our road brings us to the banks of the Kan-kiang, and most of the time, even when a mile or two away, we can see the queer, corrugated sails of the sampans. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The God of Luck had smiled upon his boldness, and, reflecting upon it Kan Wong turned back to the river and the sampan that had so long been his floating home. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 They have seen the Dyaks running to their sampans, sahib," he yelled, "and the second boat is being pulled in that direction. The Wings of the Morning They were ordinary Hindu sampans--rowboats with houses or cabins built upon them--and upon the decks of our cabin comfortable chairs were placed for our party. Modern India The first step then, was to hire a man to help him pole, as he felt certain he, Mr. Chefoo, could direct the movements of the sampan up to the next village. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The usual boat population occupy a swarm of sampans anchored before the city, while hundreds of others are moving hither and thither. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama He remembered a story in The Advertiser about a sampan that sank in the Pacific. Joe Burke's Last Stand As von Horn stood by the river's bank after his conversation with Virginia, he saw a small sampan approaching from up stream. The Monster Men At the moment of stepping into the sampan to go and try for the command of the Sofala Captain Whalley shivered a little. The End of the Tether Where the sampan lay there was only the depth of about two feet of water. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The loquacious owner of a twenty-foot sampan puts in his appearance as soon as my want is ascertained, and favors me with an unpunctuated speech of some five minutes' duration. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama One night, during his and my middle watch, the forecastle sentries hailed a large sampan, like a Thames barge, drifting down stream and threatening to foul us. Tracks of a Rolling Stone "We are men of his company and we have news for him," returned the speaker in the sampan. The Monster Men Blazing bar rooms in Callao—harbours over whose oily surfaces the sampans slipped like water-beetles—the lights of Macao—the docks of London. The Blue Lagoon: a romance This had for a time been stirred into some degree of murkiness by the feet of those who pressed curiously about the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z One would imagine, from their actions, that they were apprehensive of our sampan being pursued or ambushed by some determined party. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The sampan was reached and diverted just before she swung athwart our bows. Tracks of a Rolling Stone As the men in the sampan headed the boat's bow up stream again, von Horn ran along the jungle trail beside the river and abreast of the paddlers. The Monster Men To Eddie Houghton, a Chinese woman in a sampan on the water front at Shanghai was something picturesque; something about which to write home to his mother and to Josie. Buttered Side Down: Stories Mr. Chefoo was now seen throwing off his sandals and rolling up his pantaloons, while Mr. Kit-ze, holding the sampan steady by means of his long pole, was giving him some directions. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Bountiful meals, clean, springy beds, and elegantly fitted cabins, form an impressive contrast to my life aboard the sampans on the Kan-kiang. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama This is what had happened: Johnson finding no one in the sampan, cautiously raised one of the deck hatches with a boat-hook before he left the cutter. Tracks of a Rolling Stone The prow of the sampan touched the bank. The Monster Men We would get a sampan, and a couple of Japanese fishermen who knew the fishing grounds, and we would have great sport. John Barleycorn The next moment Mr. Chefoo sprang over the side of the sampan and into the water. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z A solitary sampan was passing the broad streak of moonlight and he watched it intently until it passed and merged into the shadows beyond. The Shadow of the East The Chinese sampans of every color were gliding across the water like a flock of gaily-hued swans. Georgina of the Rainbows The two Dyaks, paddling in silence up the dark river, proceeded for nearly three hours before they drew in to the bank and dragged the sampan up into the bushes. The Monster Men Aborigines, in queer outrigger canoes, and Japanese, in queerer sampans, paddled about the bay and came aboard. John Barleycorn He had not liked the man's concealment of himself in the sampan, neither had he been favorably impressed by his appearance on that occasion. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The Bay was full of craft—liners, tramps, and yachts swinging slowly with the tide, and hurrying to and fro sampans and electric launches jostled indiscriminately. The Shadow of the East It was Georgina's rainbow letter, and the colors of the rainbow were repeated again and again by the reds and yellows and blues of that fleet of sampans. Georgina of the Rainbows We went over in a sampan, a rude open boat rowed by two men in undress uniform. The Lady of the Decoration There was at first some splashing of the oars, for many of Hassan's men had had no prior experience except with sampans and large canoes. Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril Though it was a kind of outlying village and had several hundred inhabitants, yet only a few of them appeared on the arrival of the sampan. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z The sampans had nearly all disappeared and only an occasional launch skimmed across the harbour. The Shadow of the East After seeing all we wished of the view, we descended and crossed the river Han in a sampan to Hankow, where we walked about for some hours, followed by a crowd of perfectly respectable people. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin Under these, at last, the sampan came bumping, unperceived or neglected. Dragon's blood We had come down in sampans, so that I could send off messengers as might be required. Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril A hand had cautiously made its way up the side of the sampan, and was now directing itself toward Mr. Kit-ze's breast. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z We were told that if a Chinese falls off his sampan, his neighbor does not try to save him. The Log of the Empire State Until you are rowed in a sampan in style, never flatter yourself you have known the grotesque in the way of transportation. Round the World Almost gayly, the companions threaded a marshy path to the river, and bargained with a shrewd, plump woman who squatted in the bow of a sampan. Dragon's blood They wished, however, that they had known that the sampan was leaving, so that they could have written a line to the captain, saying what had taken place, and that they could not rejoin. Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril On a sampan, as I have told you Mr. Ko informed me. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z From outside the wall came the gentle slip-slap of the water against the sampan, and the cheerful banter of the owners as they made ready for the work of the day. Little Sister Snow Nearly always one or more women, mother and daughter oftenest, grandmother many times, wrinkled, sometimes grey, but strong, quick and vigorous in motion, were manning the oars of junks, houseboats and sampans. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan The sampan now slipped rapidly on the full flood, up a narrow channel that the setting of the sun had turned, as at a blow, from copper to indigo. Dragon's blood She does, nevertheless, along with the Japanese wives of four of his fellow officers, who peep at their flitting husbands through the curtains of their sampans. A Second Book of Operas He had several times assisted in carrying sampans up and down the river, twice for Mr. Ko himself. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z In the full blaze of noon we reached the Linggi police station, from which we had started in the sampan, and were received by a company of police with fixed bayonets. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Better be a top-side man on a sampan than First Luff on the Dreadnought. The Lost Road Strange cries arose, the bumping of sampans, the mournful caterwauling of a stringed instrument. Dragon's blood We got off in over-crowded sampans, and several people fell into the water, much to their own amusement. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan And soon our dear ones in the sampan will come to the rescue, for surely we can get them word. The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z As they sailed into the harbor, he noticed two Englishmen rowing out toward them in a sampan. The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa "The last of the women and children belonging to those cut-throats were taken off by the sampans which brought you and the yacht-party out." The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows Over the copper surface of the roadstead, the sampan drew out handily. Dragon's blood The charge for sampans is fixed by tariff, so the traveller lands without having his temper ruffled by extortionate demands. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan After so bravely coming to the rescue, was he going to abandon them in that strange place to make their way back to the sampan alone? The Red Miriok 2011-01-04T03:01:16.847Z Sometimes they would take their dinner and row out in a little sampan to the rocks outside the harbor and there, undisturbed, they would study the whole day long. The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa "There are three empty sampans alongside the ladder," said Belarab in a just audible voice. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows She had moored her sampan alongside a flight of stone steps, up which, vigorously, with a bamboo, she now prodded her husband. Dragon's blood At Tong-ku, my sampan men calmly insisted on two dollars for a service that was worth but forty cents. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening And this was one gale of three in the course of those eight days in the sampan. A Collection of Stories Let any man go down the wharf at Hong Kong after sunset, and hail a sampan from the hundreds there that are waiting to be hired. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales The juragan of the boat said sulkily, "We will cook in the sampan, and sleep on the water." Tales of Unrest Rudolph, sitting among his boxes in the sampan, viewed by turns this desolate void astern and the more desolate sweep of coast ahead. Dragon's blood Big, lusty Chinese in their wide, clumsy boats called sampans, swarmed in the harbour. New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening The point is that I was in an open boat, a sampan, on a rocky coast where there were no light-houses and where the tides ran from thirty to sixty feet. A Collection of Stories Never was I permitted to put foot to a sampan on the sea. The Jacket (Star-Rover) Before the sampan passed out of the lagoon into the creek he lifted his eyes. Tales of Unrest The sampan drifted landward imperceptibly, seeming, with nut-brown sail unstirred, to remain where the impatient steamer had met it, dropped a solitary passenger overside, and cast him loose upon the breadth of the antipodes. Dragon's blood Twenty-five bags of rice would be coming off in a sampan directly, for stores. Typhoon An’ as he was a-gettin’ under way, didn’t the fond husbands get left astern-like in their sampan, as it might be by accident? The Sea Wolf I saw him signal a sampan to come alongside, get into it, and go off in the direction of a cluster of local steamers anchored close inshore. Within the Tides A shout came faintly over the lagoon and the sampan began to glide towards the abode of the friend of ghosts. Tales of Unrest The fire in the bows of the sampan shone faintly in the distance with a hazy red glow. Tales of Unrest |
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