In 1793 the total export of cotton from the United States was less than ten thousand bales, but by 1860 the export was four million bales. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
High on the upper deck, in a little nook among the everywhere predominant cotton-bales, at last we may find him. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
The woman walked forward among the boxes and bales of the lower deck, and, sitting down, busied herself with chirruping to her baby. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
The only valuable part of them consisted in some little fillets, bracelets, and other ornaments of gold, and in some bales of cotton. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
The trader searched the boat from stem to stern, among boxes, bales and barrels, around the machinery, by the chimneys, in vain. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
There was an immense amount of cotton, in bales, stacked outside. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
When it is remembered that cotton is raised in about twenty different countries, and that the cotton crop of the United States of 1897-98 was 10,897,857 bales, of about 500 lbs. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.