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Making and Learning the Rulespart of that labyrinthine intercourse. For instance, any givenAmerican vessel that cleared for Russia on a triangular voyageusually stopped to pick up a cargo in the West Indies, but thesnow "Vigilant" went to Russia via the Isle of France in theIndian Ocean on a voyage in the mid-1790's. 9 Any given vesselreturning from Russia might possibly put into a North Europeanport for a few days, but otherwise would sail directlyhome. In a voyage in 1811-12, the ship "John" returned toSalem from Archangel via Lisbon, Pernambuco and Bahia. 10Typically defiant of classification is the cargo of the brig"Hopewell" that cleared Salem for Russia in 1798. Th e vesselcarried coffee from Santo Domingo, Dutch Guiana, the Isle ofFrance, and Java, and sugar from Calcutta. Tw o barks, fivebrigs, two schooners, and one ketch had sailed to those farreaches of the world and back in order to make up the cargo ofthe "Hopewell." ai (In order that the Tsar of all the Russiasmight relieve the daily round of protocol with a good, hot,sweet cup of coffee).At least as numerous as the sources of our exports to Russiawere the destinations of those goods w e brought back fromRussia and exported as our ow n property. Russian iron, linens,cordage, tallow, candles—essential items in any clime—werestandard entries in bills of lading of American vessels boundfor every quarter of the world. 12A small portion of our Russian re-exports went back acrossthe Atlantic to such southern European ports as Lisbon andBilbao. Most went to the world outside Europe. MadeiraIsland was glad to exchange her wine for Russian cloth. TheCape of Good Hope was almost always a good market for iron,duck, ravensduck, and cordage. The same was true of the Isle49