As all our rigging had been either carried away, or cut to pieces, they even contrived to make some bamboo Canes serve in the place of ropes.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
We see Canes that look just alike, every day, monsieur; there's nothing extraordinary in that; there are many men who are mistaken for one another, and yet there is an expression, an animation, on a man's face which you would seek in vain on the head of a cane.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock
This was his cane; he gave it to me, because, as he said, he was going to a country where there are plenty of Canes, and it was useless for him to carry this one.
"Monsieur Cherami"
Charles Paul de Kock