Sweet Selma,
I think I have hit on an idea that will fetch you the desired maritime
information:
All those signed on board received their copy of the signed constract rolled
into a
hard tube that was called 'nollí' or 'noí', after the bamboo or metal tube used
in flaming
fire.
It was as coveted as our day's US 'green card'.
However, its worth was far enhanced because it was almost hereditary, could be
passed
on to a son or a youngster of choice, upon the incumbent holder retiring.
Granted such inherent value it is very unlikely that they were discarded when
no longer
required; rather they will have been saved by many sailor-families, most likely
in AVC:
Assolna-Velim-Cuncolim and in Chinchinim.
It was these villages that the largest bulk of recruits hailed from and, a very
hail & hearty
bunch they were.
It is likely that the latest crop of these are still among us, for, when I used
to visit the P&O
ships that berthed in Lisbon, they still carried the nöli.
So, if you spread the word in these vilages so kind heart may just provide you
with a copy
or two this document.
Good luck & happy fishing...
Alfred
> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:14:20 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> goanet@lists.goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] Ships sailing from India to UK> >
> > > Would anyone know the names of some ships (not the lines, like British
> India, P&O, but the actual names of ships) sailing from India to UK, in the
> late 1800s, who would have employed Goan tarvottis. I understand no one on
> Goanet is old enough to have actual knowledge of this but maybe some names
> from those days.> > many thanks,> selma
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