Whale Fishing in the Low Dutch Sea

Thisae doctor snodhead, so soon as he spied the book, assured me that dan coopman did not mean the cooper, but the merchant. In short, this ancient and learned low dutch book treated of the commerce of holland,. Among other subjects, contained a very interesting account of its whale fishery. And in this chapter, it was headed smear or fat, that i found a long, detailed list of the outfits for the larders and cellars of a hundred and 80 whalemen. From which list, as translated by doctor snod head, i transcribe the following: 400 thousand pounds of beef, 60 thousand pounds of friesland pork