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Besides this, shrouds have little cross ropes called ratlines attached to them, by means of which rope-ladders the sailors ascend and descend the rigging to furl, that is, tie up, or unfurl, that is, to untie or shake out, the sails. Our cut represents a sailor-boy ascending the mizzen-top-mast shrouds. He grasps the shrouds, and stands on the ratlines.
To name the masts in order, we have the Fore-mast. Main-mast. Mizzen-mast. Fore-top-mast. Main-top-mast. Mizzen-top-mast. Fore-topgallant-mast. Main-topgallant-mast. Mizzen-topgallant-mast. The parts of the different masts are connected and secured by means of cross-trees and caps, which are named after the mast and part of the mast to which they belong.
"Haul back the main-top-sail, then," suggested another. "Can't be done; your main-mast, also, has gone by the board!" "Mizzen-top-sail?" meekly suggested little Boat-Plug. "Your mizzen-top-mast, let me inform you, sir, was shot down in the first of the fight!" "Well, sir," cried Mr.