Those were the conditions under which certain picked British soldiers, one of whom was an old friend of ours, lost sight of for a considerable time, were dragging their nuggar up a series of cataracts.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War] Reference

What with poling, and shoving, and pulling at the rope, the nuggar was floated once more at last, and on they went again, and by-and-by the river widened, and the current was not so strong, and so long as they kept the rope pretty taut the boat came along without any very great exertion.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War] Reference