Having run down the coast of sumatra, and touched at Bencoolen, was standing across the Indian Ocean, when towards sunset a large ship was descried from the mast-head, to the south-west.
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston
He funked horribly but he funked losing his job still more, and he took her home as far as Port Said, with a cargo of tobacco from sumatra.
"Command"
William McFee
They joined the ship off the coast of sumatra, as we left the entrance to the Malacca Straits, introducing themselves at first with noisy vehemence and piercing cries, as if to assert their presence and purpose, a proceeding which was not again repeated.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou