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"Lay aloft, sail-loosers!" shouted Gordon; and his order was repeated by the officers at their several stations. The little tars who belonged on the topsail and top-gallant yards sprang up the rigging like so many cats, excited beyond measure by the scene of activity around them. "Lower yardmen in the chains!" continued Gordon and his order was passed, along by the officers.
It was done: barmen, nipper-men, tierers, veerers, idlers and all, scrambled up the ladder to the braces and halyards; while like monkeys in Palm-trees, the sail-loosers ran out on those broad boughs, our yards; and down fell the sails like white clouds from the ether topsails, top-gallants, and royals; and away we ran with the halyards, till every sheet was distended. "Once more to the bars!"
That doesn't look as though we were going to another anchorage." "It's all right; we can't go far," added Herman. While those who were stationed on the top-gallant forecastle were engaged in catting and fishing the anchor, those who had been assigned to places on the topsail and top-gallant yards were sent aloft. "Lay aloft, sail-loosers!" continued Mr.
The commodore and all the officers in the forward part of the ship watched the operation with the keenest scrutiny, and when it was successfully finished, they hoped the end of all the mishaps had come. "Pawl the capstan! Unship the bars! Stations for loosing sail!" continued the first lieutenant. "Lay aloft, sail-loosers!" The nimble young tars, whose places were aloft, sprang up the rigging.
"I have no doubt on that point; and last evening, when those students wished to run away, I was tempted to punish their disobedience by letting them go. The wind is pretty fresh, Captain Carnes, but I think you may set the top-gallant sails." The captain gave the order to the first lieutenant. "Aloft, sail-loosers of the top-gallant sails!" shouted Mr.
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