Crossword-Solution: DINGIES 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 9

The only large trees were a species of mimosa, named by the Arabs "kook." We were very short of small rowing boats, those belonging to the steamers were large and clumsy, and I wished to build a few handy dingies that would be extremely useful for the next voyage up the obstructions of the Bahr Giraffe.

Here there was much small traffic in dingies and dories and lobster-pots; the slower tides rocked the little craft at the moorings, and sent bright swinging light against the weather-worn planks under the pier.

You can cross over in a canoe to that portion of the domain beyond the river: along the banks, a number of resting places--tiny bowers of birch bark--dingies and canoes anchored all round--here and there a _portage_--close by, a veritable Indian wigwam--_Oda Sio_ [293] by name.

Long-boats bearing despatches rowed from ship to ship; hucksters from the shore came off in dories, dingies, and all variety of queer craft, to drive a farewell bargain with the sailors.

However, all in good time, we did get a boat, and went off, in the midst of dingies, cargo-boats, gigs, and wherries, all as full as they could hold.