vartes

Updated: May 22, 2025

Oh! dear no, said our hostess, they are found all along the coast from Shittyack, through Bay of Vartes, away up to Ramshag. The latter we seldom get, though the best; there is no regular conveyance, and when they do come, they are generally shelled and in kegs, and never in good order.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville

"Oh! dear no," said our hostess, "they are found all along the coast from Shittyack, through Bay of Vartes, away up to Ramshag. The latter we seldom get, though the best; there is no regular conveyance, and when they do come, they are generally shelled and in kegs, and never in good order.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton - The Clockmaker : Or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville