1784.—"I shall not be at liberty to enter my budgerow till the end of July, and must be again at Calcutta on the 22nd of October."—Sir W. Jones, in Mem. ii. 38.
1785.—"Mr. Hastings went aboard his Budgerow, and proceeded down the river, as soon as the tide served, to embark for Europe on the Berrington."—In Seton-Karr, i. 86.
1794.—"By order of the Governor-General in Council ... will be sold the Hon'ble Company's Budgerow, named the Sonamookhee[[45]] ... the Budgerow lays in the nullah opposite to Chitpore."—Ibid. ii. 114.
1830.—
"Upon the bosom of the tide
Vessels of every fabric ride;
The fisher's skiff, the light canoe,
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The Bujra broad, the Bholia trim,
Or Pinnaces that gallant swim,