coasting-trade

At any rate, the settlers saw at once, with extreme satisfaction, that the brig possessed a very varied cargo — an assortment of all sorts of articles, utensils, manufactured goods, and tools — such as the ships which make the great coasting-trade of Polynesia are usually laden with.

The Mysterious Island 2005

At any rate, the settlers saw at once, with extreme satisfaction, that the brig possessed a very varied cargo — an assortment of all sorts of articles, utensils, manufactured goods, and tools — such as the ships which make the great coasting-trade of Polynesia are usually laden with.

The Mysterious Island 2005

The passengers landed on a flat beach, on which were to be found not only boats from the interior, but a few of those little schooners which are used in the coasting-trade on the Atlantic seaboard.

Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 2003

CABOTAGE, the French term for coasting-trade, a coast-pilotage.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

Our extended sea-coast, and necessarily large coasting-trade between the States, have begotten an unbounded spirit of maritime adventure.

Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Thomas Rainey

Here and there, however, there is a lingering sloop or schooner, engaged in river - or coasting-trade.

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

"David no longer belongs to the coasting-trade in letters," Kate Wilkes went on whimsically.

Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel Will Levington Comfort 1905

Early in the spring of 1863 it became evident to the officers of the Union squadron in the sounds, that the Confederates were making arrangements to drive the Yankee ships from those waters, and to re-open the coasting-trade to the people of North Carolina.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

The war had robbed the little city of its men; the blockade had robbed it of its little coasting-trade.

The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898

The coasting-trade soon began to take on a large development.

The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897