merchantable

merchantableMerchantable...goes to the Mediterranean, to Roman Catholic countries... ..the merchant's large boat, or galloper, goes to the planter's fishing-room, to select the first "dry fish.". A culler usually goes in the boat, to select the mercantile fish. The culler makes three qualities of fish, --merchantable, madeira, and West Indian. The merchantable goes up the Mediterranean, to Roman Catholic countries; Halifax and the United States are markets for the madeira, and the inferior fish find sale in the West India Islands.PRINTED ITEM DNE-citG. M. Story July 1957Used IUsed IUsed IOnly part of this slip is used in the DNE I. I have typed the quote right after the source first and the larger quote second so as to preserve the context of the longer quote