DOONGA
\dˈuːŋɡə], \dˈuːŋɡə], \d_ˈuː_ŋ_ɡ_ə]\
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A canoe made out of a single piece of wood, employed for navigating the marshes and the branches of the mouth of the Ganges. The doon-gas are used by a miserable population, chiefly for obtaining salt, in marshy unhealthy tracts, infested with tigers.
By Daniel Lyons
