. Recollections of a sea wanderer's life; an autobiography of an old-time seaman who has sailed in almost every capacity before and abaft the mast, in nearly every quarter of the globe, and under the flags of four of the principal maritime nations. e Swing. After looking over thedecks, inspecting the officers quarters, they gathered aroundone of the lieutenants, and plied him with many questions,by way of eliciting information or sea lore. I can only findspace for stowing away one item, relating to the means ofdistinguishing a vessel by the number of masts she spokesman, or lady sp
. Recollections of a sea wanderer's life; an autobiography of an old-time seaman who has sailed in almost every capacity before and abaft the mast, in nearly every quarter of the globe, and under the flags of four of the principal maritime nations. e Swing. After looking over thedecks, inspecting the officers quarters, they gathered aroundone of the lieutenants, and plied him with many questions,by way of eliciting information or sea lore. I can only findspace for stowing away one item, relating to the means ofdistinguishing a vessel by the number of masts she spokesman, or lady speaking, looking away to seaward,cried out as if in admiration of a fine schooner: See, what a beautiful ship in full sail! The lieutenant said, Excuse me, madam, that is aschooner. A ship has three masts, all square rigged. Is there any rule by which one may know the kind ofship one may see ? SLOOP, SCHOONER OR SHIP. 231 h Jf / Sl°0P haS °ne maSt a Schooner two m*sts, abark has three masts, one not square rigged, and a ship hasthree masts, square rigged. Ah, I see. How lovely! I have seen a steamer withtour masts; what would you call that? According to the style of rig. Usually the foremast issquare rigged, and the others schooner SLOOP. Thank you. Then the vessel we see coming into portis a schooner, for it has two masts. a No, that is a brig, but she is what is called a jackassbrig. She has one mast square rigged and the other isschooner rigged, with topsail. Just then another lady attempted to impress her friendsmemory by repeating the rule, Sloop two masts, schoonerone mast Excuse me madam; sloop one mast, schooner and brigtwo masts, bark three masts, one schooner rigged, and shipthree masts, square rigged. 232 EXPLANATIONS. First lady: Oh, see that beautiful sloop coming from theeast. That is a cat-boat. The mast is set very close to herbOws. Yes, dear, said number two, cat-boat one mast, slooptwo Sloop one mast, the officer interrupted politely,schooner two, br
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