I had scarce set out in a Pungy from the dock, when I perceived a dozen boats about the packet; and when I thrust my shoulders through the gangway, there was the company gathered at the mainmast.
"Richard Carvel, Complete"
Winston Churchill Last Updated: March 5, 2009
The boatswain's pipe whistled, and the big ship was already sliding in the water as I leaped into my Pungy, which Hugo was holding to the ladder.
"Richard Carvel, Complete"
Winston Churchill Last Updated: March 5, 2009
The speaker was a bearded, swarthy, low-set man, who looked out from the cabin of a Pungy boat.
"Tales of the Chesapeake"
George Alfred Townsend