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robert f. trent's avatar

"Kint' is a phonetic abbreviation of the quintal, the standard barrel that salted and dried cod was shipped in. I try to imagine what kind of vessel could take ten thousand pipe staves plus fifty quintals of cod, bound for the Canaries or the Madieras, aka the Wine Islands. I recall being at the Mayflower replica and hearing a tourist ask what scale the boat was made at. And they were shocked to hear it was full size.

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Jeff Simpson's avatar

Thrilling twist at the end, there!

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