native-built

Updated: May 7, 2025

Before leaving, we had many long and interesting conversations with the missionary, in one of which he told us that he had been making for the island of Raratonga when his native-built sloop was blown out of its course, during a violent gale, and driven to this island.

R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - The Coral Island : A Tale of the Pacific Ocean