 | 1827 - 456 pages
...difficulty we could prevent them from firing ; only the tyndal or coxswain (a Malay) stood by us. We went within a few paces of the natives, and made signs of drinking. The tyndal salaamed to them according to the different oriental modes of salutation. He spoke to them... | |
 | 1827 - 624 pages
...them, fell back in great consternation, levelling their muskets, and running into the sea towards their boat. It was with great difficulty we could prevent...drinking, to intimate the purpose of our visit. The tyndal (the steersman) salaamed to them, according to the different modes of salutation ; he spoke to them... | |
 | 1827 - 452 pages
...difficulty we could prevent them from firing ; only the tyndal or coxswain (a Malay) stood by us. We went within a few paces of the natives, and made signs of drinking. The tyndal salaamed to them according to the different oriental modes of salutation. He spoke to them... | |
 | Maurice Vidal Portman - 1899 - 546 pages
...search of two runs of water mentioned by Horsburgh in his Directory. (These are not known. — MVP) We had not gone far when, at an angle of the jungle...tyndal salaamed to them, according to the different Orienf al modes of salutation ; he spoke to them in Malay, and other languages ; they returned no answer,... | |
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... suddenly upon a party of natives, lying on their bellies behind the bushes, armed with spears, arrows, and long bows, which they bent at us in a threatening manner. The Lascars, as soon as they saw them, fell back in great consternation, levelling... 