Hi Bob, It is: Ship name Master Home Port Cargo The funny entry is usually the home port. Sometimes they listed that, or they could also list it as the next destination. These however look like home port entries. Sue bob gillis wrote: >georgen@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > > >>Tuesday, December 1, 1908...The Morning Chronicle, Halifax, N.S. >>Halifax Day By Day >> >>Among the schooners arriving with cargo Sunday and Monday were: >> >>Elsie F., Nauss, Chester, 1600 bushels sand; >> >> > >What do the various fields mean: 1 = ship name, 2 = ?, 3 = port of >departure, 4 = weight and cargo. > >bob gillis > > >>Cavalier, Bell, Lahave, 750 Bay, 1000 bushels gravel; >>Rescue, Dauphinee, Ingram Docks, 600 bushels sand; >>Cavalier, Bell, Lahave, 700 quintals dry fish >>Spectulator, Burke, L'Ardoise, C.B., 9250 quintals cod, 550 bbs mackeral; >>St. Patrick, Corkum, Jeddore, 135 M. staves, 5 M. lumber, 7 bbls herring; >>Bonnie B., Publicover, Blandford, 140 dozen cabbage, 69 half bbls kroat; >>Stella, Laundry, Charlottetown, 1000 bushels potatoes, 320 bushels turnipe; >>Leading Star, Mitchell, Chester, 1000 bushels sand. >> >>---------------------------------------- >>Basic List Commands: >> >>1. To post to the list >>Send a message to: >>NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com >> >>2. How to unsubscribe >>a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- >>request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word >>unsubscribe >> >>b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- >>request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word >>unsubscribe >> >>3. How to subscribe >>Send an email containing only the word >>subscribe >>to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com >> >>4. How to change to Digest mode >>a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) >>b. Subscribe to Digest mode >>Send an email containing only the word >>subscribe >>to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > >---------------------------------------- >Basic List Commands: > >1. To post to the list >Send a message to: >NOVA-SCOTIA-L@rootsweb.com > >2. How to unsubscribe >a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- >request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word >unsubscribe > >b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- >request@rootsweb.com that contains only the word >unsubscribe > >3. How to subscribe >Send an email containing only the word >subscribe >to NOVA-SCOTIA-L-request@rootsweb.com > >4. How to change to Digest mode >a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) >b. Subscribe to Digest mode >Send an email containing only the word >subscribe >to NOVA-SCOTIA-D-request@rootsweb.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >