He knows that his efforts in providing favorable working conditions for the bees will be repaid by a harvest of salable honey.
"A Living from the Land"
William B. Duryee
Carrying a cargo suited to the needs of perhaps a dozen different peoples, the vessel would put out from Boston or Newport, put in at Madeira perhaps, or at some West Indian port, dispose of part of its cargo, and proceed, stopping again and again on its way, and exchanging its goods for money or for articles thought to be more salable in the East Indies.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot
If these goods did not prove salable at home the ship would make yet another voyage and dispose of them at Hamburg or some other Continental port.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot