M & D

[Mark Kohut]

p. 69....D; "there do remain, beyond the reach of the V.O.C., routes
of escape, pockets of Safety"---Markets that never answer to the
Company, gatherings that remain forever unknown, even down in
Butter-Bag Castle""....

Butter--Bag = Opprobrious epithets for a Dutchman...(maybe because of
of the high production of butter)...sez an 1811 Slang Dictionary.....

And why does Dixon say this is  "by Mathematical Necessity?
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