Le sage va toujours la Sonde a la main.
"Bacon is Shake-Speare"
Sir Edwin Durning-Lawrence
We touched at Bourbon; we ran along the entire coast of Sumatra, a part of Java, the isles of Sonde, and that of Banca; and at last, towards the end of May, eight months after our departure from Nantes, we arrived in the magnificent bay of Manilla.
"Adventures in the Philippine Islands"
Paul P. de La Gironière
Heartily shaking hands with all, the Portuguese gentleman, whose name and kindly nature are well known to men of every nation trading on the Zambesi, stepped over the side, the boat's painter was cast off, a last good bye shouted in Weber's stentorian voice, and the "Halcyon," with all sail set, to her royals, was soon standing off the bar, the bubbles flying past her rounded counter, as she slipped through the water at the rate of Sonde six knots an hour.
"The Ruined Cities of Zululand"
Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley