Crossword-Solution: PATTA 5 letters, 4 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

Lieutenant Boteler (“Narr.” volume i., page 369) describes the muddy bay of _Patta_, which seems to resemble other parts of this coast, as fronted by small, narrow, level islets formed of decomposing coral, the margin of which is seldom of greater height than twelve feet, overhanging the rocky surface from which the islets rise.

But they must sometimes get Whales, because many of the Patta Pattoas are made of the bones of some such fish, and an Ornament they wear at their breast (on which they set great Value), which are supposed to be made of the Tooth of a Whale; and yet we know of no method or instrument they have to kill these Animals.

Blessed hour! where’s my begging-bowl?” As soon as Shafto had discovered and restored his _patta_, the _pongye_ arose, gave himself a shake and, without another word, stalked away, a tall, erect, unspeakably majestic figure.

The "patta-roll" came by to see your pass and if you didn't have one, they'd whip you and send you home.

Such are the games known to Italian offenders as "La Patta," in which one of the players tries to avoid being struck while passing his head between two points brought together horizontally by another, who stands with his arms outstretched; and "La Rota," in which the players run in a circle, one behind the other, seeking to escape, by dodging, the blows from a stout stick, aimed at them by one of their companions.