The Tinder Box Shipping Office.
The shipping agent's clerk is pleased to grant you
access to the warehouse to collect your box having
inspected your paperwork and established your credentials.
Of course, he
cannot vouch for the state of your particular
box, but states:
"The vessel
on which it came had an 'uneventful' voyage of 4 months
sustaining little water damage with 'a small amount ' of
water entering the hold. Also, I beg to inform you, part
of the cask cargo of castor oil, boiled linseed oil and
2 barrels of coal tar were 'stoved' in a storm and have
'leaked'........ to the
detriment of some cargo and personal effects.
