A slightly distant port quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of an Indian kotia type dhow getting under way at Colombo, Ceylon. Her foresail has been set and a small boat is alongside her waist. A wooden box is suspended over the side at the fore end of the poop. Her red ensign has been hoisted. In the right background is the bow of the passenger/cargo liner Cathay (1925) and a steam tug is on the left. The photographer was taking passage on the Royal Navy heavy cruiser Cumberland (1926) from Singapore to the U.K. at the time. The image is slightly unsharp. Negatives numbers P34286 and P34290 to P34295 inclusive are of the same vessel.