The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #55232 Message #857881
Posted By: GUEST,Jacqued
03-Jan-03 - 02:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: Old time sailing ships cargo - taltal???
Subject: RE: BS: Old time sailing ships cargo - taltal???
Hi Guest Q
A friend of ours came across the term taltal? when reading a general reference to sailing ships'cargoes. She is something of a obscure term freak - another of her jollies was Beaumont's Egg!!!!!