Commentary for Bava Metzia 158:4
לעולם דקא משכח לאגורה אלא אמאי אית ליה תרעומת משום רפסתא דספינתא אי הכי טענתא מעלייתא הוא וממונא אית ליה גביה
Whilst if he can find no one to whom to hire it, he must surely pay him the whole hiring-fee! — In truth, it means that he can find someone to whom to hire it; and the reason that he has cause for resentment is because of the trampling of the ship.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the damage done by trampling upon it in loading and unloading. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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