The ends--which are alike--are carved like those of the catamaran in imitation of the head of a turtle or snake, but more elaborately.
Although there was no obvious difference between these natives and those of the southern portion of the Louisiade, yet the catamaran was quite new to us, and the canoe differed considerably from any which we had seen before.
Next morning we were visited by a party of natives from the neighbouring island, consisting of six men in a canoe, and one on a catamaran or raft.
As the sea washes over a catamaran during rough weather, on such an occasion a small temporary stage is sometimes erected in the centre, and on this the cargo is secured with strips of cane.
As soon as the boat anchored, a catamaran put out, and brought Charlie and his followers to shore.
A catamaranwas sent out to warn her, and at nine o'clock in the evening she came to anchor.
This grappling-iron, it was intended, should hook itself to the cable of the vessel it was to destroy, and thus swing the catamaran alongside.
The catamaran consisted of a coffer of about 21 feet long and 3 and a half broad, somewhat in shape like a log of mahogany, wedge-shaped at each end.
The expedition is known as the Catamaran expedition.
Sometimes he is washed off his catamaran into the sea; but being an expert swimmer, he usually recovers his seat without much trouble, and it rarely happens that any of these men are drowned.
The catamaran of Madras can only be called a boat on the lucus a non lucendo principle, for it consists simply of three logs placed side by side, pointed at the bows, and kept together by two cross-pieces.
May luck attend thee," said the countryman, "but beware of the catamaran and the boogaboo.
These hideous reptiles--the catamaran and the boogaboo--stood glaring at Wilhelm.
So, whenever the king's soldiers attempted to rescue the princess, the catamaran breathed fire from his nostrils upon them while the boogaboo tore out their hearts with his fierce claws.
And hearing this, which was the correct answer, the witch quivered with astonishment and rage, and the catamaran fell down upon the grass and vomited its flaming breath upon itself until it was utterly consumed.
But the king and his court could avail her nothing, for the hideous catamaran and the cruel boogaboo were prepared to pounce upon and destroy whosoever attempted to rescue the unhappy maiden by violence.
At this moment, hearing the commotion in the yard, the hideous catamaran and the ugly boogaboo came out of the castle and regarded Wilhelm with ferocious countenances.
The catamaran had a body and tail like an alligator, a head like a hippopotamus, and four legs like the legs of an ostrich.
Such a craft as the catamaran could not be made to lie to.
When we reached the lagoon, a catamaran with three natives on it came off to us.
In the morning, a catamaran with two boys ventured alongside of us; they got a present, and went away shouting.
We steamed round by the Leocadie, through what forms a good harbour for small vessels, and over by the sandbanks in Catamaran Bay.
The Madras catamaran consists of three pieces of timber, mere logs twelve or fourteen feet long, securely bound together with ropes made from the fibre of the cocoanut palm.
Strange as thecatamaran is, it must yet be described as breezy, watery, and safe--for amphibious creatures.
When the water came up on the Merrimac’s deck the catamaran floated amid the wreckage, but she was still made fast to the boom, and we caught hold of the edges and clung on, our heads only being above water.
It would have been impossible to get thecatamaran anywhere but on to the shore, where the soldiers stood shooting, and I hoped that by daylight we might be recognised and saved.
A native came and complained that a boat from the fleet had sunk his catamaran (native boat), in which was a case of champagne, a case of rum, and a box of lemons.
They went a little way out to sea, and saved six natives whose catamaran upset.
The catamaran exploded with a terrific report, and the wave of the explosion caught the retreating boat, lifted her seven feet, capsized her, and brought her accurately down, bottom upwards.
The Prince nodded a careless, haughty assent, shrinking a little, however, as Mr. Wapshott passed down the clockwork of the catamaran for his royal inspection.
A Bicycle Catamaran [145] The accompanying photographs show a bicycle boat made to carry two persons.
Herein is given a description of a sailing catamaran especially adapted for those who desire to sail and have a safe craft.
This catamaran has been designed to simplify the construction, and, if a larger size than the dimensions shown in Fig.
Illustration: This Catamaran Carries Two People] This boat is constructed by using two galvanized iron tubes 18 ft.
In making the drawings for this catamaran the supposition is that you have an ice-boat, and that you utilize certain parts of said boat in the new construction.
Illustration] An Ice Boat andCatamaran By Robert K.
Our illustration shows also the catamaran or log float, on which the natives will pass to and from the shore when no other craft, not even the Massoolah boat, would venture.
This was a catamaran or double-hulled boat--intended to be handled by one man.
We carried the body up and got the catamaran over the side and stowed with food and water and cigars and such things as Riggs knew we would need if we had to make a camp on the island.
In this way we made a rude catamaran some twenty feet long and five feet wide.
Between the sharks and the catamaran men a race then takes place--the one to save, the other to destroy--the very Brahmas and Shivas of the surf!
I remember one day, when on board the Minden, receiving a note from the shore by a catamaran lad, whom I told to wait for an answer.
I vow I feel ashamed to be seen with such a catamaran as that, and colt looks like old Saytan himself--no soul would know him.
The one, we believe, only furnished the inhabitants of Boulogne with a supply of useful building stone; the other, from the raft on which the machines were conveyed, was much ridiculed under the name of the catamaran expedition.
Lord Keith's account of the failure of the catamaran expedition against the French flotilla outside the pier of Boulogne.
I vow I feel ashamed to be seen with such a catamaranas that, and colt looks like old Satan himself--no soul would know him.
It was half-past one by the sun-dial when Mark began to prepare the table; Bevis had gone to haul the catamaran planks up to the place where the raft was to be built.
But they crept like skirmishers, dragging the catamaran laboriously behind them, using every undulation of the ground to hide themselves, till they had got it into the hollow, where they left it beside a heap of stones.
Coming near some weeds where they had seen a jack the day before, they put the catamaran down, and Bevis crept quietly forward.
There," said Mark, as he too stood up, and drew his catamaran along with his hand.
Having taken the bearings, they dragged the catamaran down to the water, and had a swim.
We could bring the catamaran up in the boat, and leave it in the sedges there ready.
Bevis had got his catamaran in and ran out with it some way, as the water was shallow, till it deepened, when he sat astride and paddled.
After they had dressed they took the catamaran to the quarry to leave it there (somewhat out of sight lest any one should take it for firewood), so as to save the labour of carrying it to and fro.
Bevis threw his right arm over the plank, and tried to get on it; but every time he attempted to lift his knee over, the catamaran gave way under him.
With the string he hauled the catamarangently back, but it would not come straight; it slipped sideways (like the boomerang in the air), and came ashore under the aspen bough.
Mark would not stay behind; he insisted upon seeing the shooting, so leaving the catamaran on the grass, they moved gently along the shore.
Bevis slipped off his catamaran again, but this time not being encumbered with the bundle he was up on it again in half a minute, and faced the mainland.
The name catamaran is taken from two Tamil words, meaning literally "tied trees.
