Samarang
Britishnoun
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Directly he was well clear of Samarang, he shaped a course due south in order to pick up the prevailing westerly wind south of Australia on which Fosterdyke counted also.
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Thus furnished we returned to Batavia, and took the steamer for Samarang—two days' sail to the eastward along the northern shore.
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After staying at Coupang for about three weeks, they left on a Dutch East Indiaman, which conveyed them to Samarang, and subsequently Batavia, whence they proceeded to Europe.
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It was quite glorious to-day how we beat the Samarang in furling sails.
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Samarang, under Captain Paget, was making a similar though more rapid cruise right round the peninsula from La Guayra to the Bay of Panama.
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