“Transportation methods from plantation to shipside naturally vary with local topographical and economic conditions.”
“Dr. Ridley then took off his gown and tippet, and gave them to his brother-in-law, Mr. shipside.”
“The absence of anti-syphon loops in the pump discharge piping inboard of the shipside valves, would also have contributed to the ingress of seawater through the valves onto the factory deck.”
“So some respectable dodo in the Mauritius might have lorded it in his nest, and discussed the arrival of that shipful of pitiless sailors in want of animal food.”