| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 904 pages
...shallop belong four fishermen : a master or steersman, a midshipman and a foremost-man, and a shoreman, who washes it out of the salt, and dries it upon hurdles pitched upon stakes breast-high.J and tends their cookery. These often get in one voyage eight or nine pounds a man for... | |
| John Hayward - Names, Geographical - 1829 - 530 pages
...clapboards; the refuse fish to the W. Indies for the negroes. To every shallop belong four fishermen, a master or steersman, a midshipman, and a shore man,...the planters beef, pork, peas, wheat, Indian corn, arid sells it to the fishermen.' "The expense of each planter to provision himself was quite small,... | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1833 - 776 pages
...it. To every Shallop belong four fishermen, a Master or Steersman, a midship-man, and a Foremastman, and a shore man who washes it out of the salt, and dries it upon hurdles pitcht upon stakes breast high and tends their Cookery ; these often get in one voyage Eight or Nine... | |
| John Hayward - New England - 1839 - 542 pages
...clapboards ; the refuse fish to the W. Indies for the negroes. To every shallop belong four fishermen, a master or steersman, a midshipman, and a shore man,...tends their cookery. They often get in one voyage * or 9 barrels a share per man. The merchant buys of the planters beef, pork, peas, wheat, Indian corn,... | |
| Fisheries - 1853 - 328 pages
...shallop belong four fishermen : a master or steersman, a midshipman and a foremost-man, and a shoreman, who washes it out of the salt, and dries it upon hurdles pitched upon stakes breast-high,J and tends their cookery. These often get in one voyage eight or nine pounds a man for... | |
| John Warner Barber - New England - 1856 - 644 pages
...negroes. To every shallop belong four fishermen, a master or steersman, a midshipman, and a shoreman, who washes it out of the salt, and dries it upon hurdles...beef, pork, peas, wheat, Indian corn, and sells it to ihe fishermen.' The expense of each planter to provision himself was quite small, if we may judge from... | |
| John Hayward - New England - 1857 - 804 pages
...the negroes. To every shallop belong four fishermen, a master or steersman, a midshipman, and ashore man, who washes it out of the salt, and dries it upon...tends their cookery. They often get in one voyage eight or nine barrels a share per man. The merchant buys of the planters beef, pork, peas, wheat, Indian... | |
| Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1857 - 544 pages
...Shallop belong four fishermen, a Master or Steersman, a midship-man, and a Foremastman, and a shoreman who washes it out of the salt, and dries it upon hurdles 1 Mass. HC, xxiii. 345 ; also Report of Commissioners. 2 The best outline of this point in our history... | |
| Maine Historical Society - Maine - 1857 - 544 pages
...Shallop belong four fishermen, a Master or Steersman, a midship-man, and a Foremastman, and a shoreman who washes it out of the salt, and dries it upon hurdles 1 Mass. HC, xxiii. 345 ; also Report of Commissioners. 2 The best outline of this point in our history... | |
| Maine Historical Society - Local history - 1857 - 542 pages
...Shallop belong four fishermen, a Master or Steersman, a midship-man, and a Foremastman, and a shoreman who washes it out of the salt, and dries it upon hurdles 1 Mass. HC, xxiii. 345 ; alsoKeport of Commissioners. 2 The best outline of this point in our history... | |
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