The postilions' whips cracked, the horses scrambled into a trot, and away rolled the carriage, with its precious freightage, along the quaint main street, in the moonlight, toward Paris.
"The Room in the Dragon Volant"
J. Sheridan LeFanu
While the little bark bounded over the waves toward the main land, the poor pilgrims of earth who were its freightage, with heavy hearts bent toward each other, intent on the further information they were to receive.
"The Scottish Chiefs"
Jane Porter
Until it had been demonstrated that Virginia could provide profitable freightage for the ships of England, her future rested upon an insecure foundation.
"The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624"
Wesley Frank Craven