The captain, the agent, and the supercargo were ashore in the two boats. From Wordnik.com. [The Terrible Solomons] Reference
A supercargo is a position in the ship's crew analogous to the ship's clerk. From Wordnik.com. [James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat] Reference
A "supercargo" was an officer of a merchant ship who was entrusted with the sale of the cargo and other commercial transactions. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Lady of Quality; Being the Narrative of a Journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the Years 1774 to 1776] Reference
Bantum was second supercargo; Janstins first pilot. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century] Reference
They shipped these under the charge of a supercargo. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson]
Lathrop, here, will do good work as supercargo, I'm sure. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
"Blest if it en't our supercargo!" he cried, stopping short. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
I knew we had a supercargo of whom Captain Eliot spoke highly. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873] Reference
The crew came together in a close group about their supercargo. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
He stuffs him up as he's to be supercargo; call that number one. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
I could hear the wind blowing through the rigging of the supercargo. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
"Which you look quite the gentleman; got a berth as supercargo, sir?". From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
"Three hundred and forty eight pounds, sir," the supercargo reported. From Wordnik.com. [First Lensman]
I sat with the supercargo for about an hour, watching the flow of the tide. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 375, June 13, 1829] Reference
Then there was a regular knockdown fight, and the supercargo was put in irons. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873] Reference
Captain Kirby, I went ashore with Mr. Martin, the supercargo, and a part of the crew. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills] Reference
True, you are not, as I hoped, supercargo, but the conditions are not otherwise altered. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
When it was clear that the herdsman had not, the supercargo sighed regretfully and left. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
"Ay, an 'a friend was helpin' him, an 'here's a dozen of us a-helpin' of one supercargo.". From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Weatherbeaten as a spar at the end of its useful life, the supercargo entered on bowed legs. From Wordnik.com. [Into the Thinking Kingdoms]
Where was Roger Hamlin, and what was he doing as supercargo to protect the goods below decks?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
Sure you must have known that a boy without an ounce of experience would never be made supercargo. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
You en't supercargo, to be sure; but who do you think them guns and round shots in the hold be for?. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Our party was increased by the captain and supercargo of a Hamburg ship loading with rice for China. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago] Reference
Mr.Wm. Armstrong, of that place, a captain and supercargo of boats descending the Mississippi river. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
Never a supercargo as I ever knowed but wanted a man to look arter him, fetch and carry for him, so to say. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Going on shore with the captain and the Chinese supercargo, I was at once introduced to a novel and interesting scene. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago] Reference
Ah ain't gwine tell no boy dat Mistah Hamlin, he say he am supercargo, an 'dat he reckon he got orders f'om de owners; and. From Wordnik.com. [The Mutineers] Reference
The supercargo went in there and stayed a long time, whispering to the missus, and she cried more'n ever, only it sounded different. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873] Reference
John Sawyer was put in master, and Watts, who had followed the sea forty years, and is now the keeper of Portland light, supercargo. From Wordnik.com. [Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851] Reference
Theodore returned with this supercargo to Corsica, and put him to death on his arrival, as the shortest way of settling the account. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson]
I hastily turned towards the principal scene of disaster, and addressed myself to one of the survivors, whom I found to be the supercargo. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 375, June 13, 1829] Reference
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