trying-out

Updated: May 2, 2025

Macy, as this officer was called, was for making a regular onslaught upon the animals, slaying as many as they could at once, and then take up the business of curing and trying-out as a regular job. He had seen such things done with success, and he believed it was the most secure mode of getting along.

James Fenimore Cooper - The Sea Lions: The Lost Sealers