RIGGING. 



{Plate 11. Jig. 16.) and two round-feizings, 6 and 7, above, 

 and the end of the flay capped with canvas, whipped and 

 tarred, 8; then fet up with its laniard, 9, {Plate II. 

 fig. 16.) which is alternately reeved through the heart in the 

 flay and the heart in the fore-flay-collar on the bowfprit. 

 The laniard is fet up with a luff-tackle, or luff upon luff, 

 and the four firft turns are ftopt, and fo on, till the laniard 

 k expended : the end is then well ftopt. 



The fore-preventer-ftay, 8, (Plate III. fg. 1.) fets up 

 as the fore- il ay. 



The main-ftay, 9, (Plate lll.fg. I.) fetsup as the fore- 

 ftay. Its collar reeves from the ltarboard fide, through a 

 hole in the upper part of the knee next the (tern, (or large 

 triangular eye-bolt drawn through the ftem, in fome mer- 

 chant (hips,) then palled through the eye, 10, in the other 

 end, and is brought down to its ftanding-part, and fecurely 

 feized and eroded in two or three places, 11, 12, 13, 

 (Plate II. fg. 16.) and the end capped ; the heart is then 

 feized in the bight above the bowfprit-chock. 



The main-preventer-ftay, 10, (Plate 111. fg. I.) fets up 

 as the fore-ftay, to a heart feized in the bight of its collar, 

 which ladies round the fore-mall, on the fore-fide through 

 the eyes in the ends, or through bolts in the knight-heads or 

 ftem. 



The mizen-ftay, 11, {Plate III. fg. 1.) fets up through 

 a thimble feized in the collar, which is lalhed round the 

 main-maft, about twelve feet up from the deck. A thimble 

 is turned into the end of the ftay, after it is reeved through 

 the collar, and is fet up with a laniard through an eye-bolt 

 in the deck, abaft the main-malt. 



The fhrouds have a dead-eye turned into the lower ends, 

 as 3, {Plate II. fg. 15.) left-handed, (being cable-laid 

 rope,) with a throat-feizing, 4, clapt on clofe to the dead- 

 eye ; and above that a round-feizing crofled, 5, and the end 

 of the (hroud whipt with fpun-yarn, and capped with canvas, 

 6, well tarred. The laniards, 7, are then reeved through 

 the dead-eyes thus : the end of the laniard is thruft through 

 the after-hole of the dead-eye in the fhroud, and ftopt with 

 a walnut-knot ; the other end is palled through the after- 

 hole of its refpeclive dead-eye in the chains, 8, then returns 

 upwards, ami reeves alternately through the holes in each, 

 and is fet taught with a tackle. It is cuftomary to fet up 

 the flirouds the firft time with temporary laniards of worn 

 rope and fpun-yarn feizings ; and the proper laniards and 

 feizings, when let up the lail time for fea. 



The tops, 12, 13, 14, (Plate III. fg. 1.) arc gotten 

 over their refpeftive maft-heads by the girtlines. 



The futtock-ilaves are wormed, parcelled, and ferved 

 with fpun-yarn the whole length, in the houfe ; and then 

 cut to their lengths, as wanted, on board ; and are feized 

 along the lower Ihrouds horizontally, as much below the 

 upper fide of the trtftle-trees as the cap is above. The 

 fhrouds are then fwiftered together, thus : a fpar is lalhed 

 to the outfide of the (hrouds, about a fathom below the 

 futtock-ftave ; a fingle block is then lafhed round each 

 fhroud and fpar, except the foremoft and aftermoft lhroud, 

 fo that all come in together; the fwiftering-line is then 

 reeved through each block from fide to fide, beginning in 

 the middle, one end leading aft, the other forward ; it then 

 erodes, and reeves through two leading blocks, one on each 

 fide the deck, and is bowfed tight, till the (hrouds come in 

 to the length of the catharpin-legs. 



Catharpin-legs are four in number. The foremoft is the 

 fhortefl, and they increafe an inch in length as they go aft. 

 The length of the foremoft one is from four feet in fmall, to 

 eight feet in large fhips. They have an eye fpliced in each 

 end, and then wormed, parcelled, and ferved with fpun- 



yarn the whole length, in the houfe. They are feized 

 through the eye at each end, round the futtock-ftave and 

 fliroud. 



Ratlings, 23, 24, 25, {Plate III. fg. 1.) are fattened 

 horizontally to the ihrouds the firft thirteen inches below 

 the futtock-ftave, and all the others the fame diftance afun- 

 der ; they are fattened round each fliroud with a clove-hitch, 

 except at the ends, which have an eye, and feized round the 

 fhroud. The foremoft and aftermoft (hrouds are left out for 

 the firft fix ratlings down from the futtock-ftave, and like- 

 wife the fix lower ratlings next the dead-eyes. Small fpars, 

 or boats' oars, are feized to the fhrouds, about five feet afun- 

 der, for the men to itand on to rattle down the (hrouds. The 

 fwifters on the (hrouds are next removed half way down 

 between the dead-eyes, and bowfed tight, and fo remain as 

 long as convenient. 



The cap is next fwayed up into the top by the girtlines. 



Bowfprit. Horfes, 15, (Plate III. fg. 1.) The outer 



ends are fpliced round a thimble in the upper eye-bolt, on each 

 fide the bowfprit-cap. The inner ends have a thimble, feized 

 in, and fet up to an eye-bolt in the knight-heads on each fide 

 the ftem with a laniard ; the turns are frapped together, and 

 the end hitched. 



Gammoning, 16, 1 7 (Plate III. fg. 1.) The end of the 

 rope is firft whipt, then palled through the hole in the knee, 

 (but where there is no knee, through a large triangular ring- 

 bolt driven through the ftem,) and over the bowfprit with 

 a round turn, and clinched dole againft the cleats ; the other 

 end is palled through the fore part of the hole and over the 

 bowlprit, crolfmg every turn, keeping each turn forward on 

 the bowfprit and aft in the hole, from nine to eleven turns, 

 and every turn is hove tight and nippcrcd. The outer end 01 

 the bowlprit is fwayed down by a chain-boat, or the (hip's 

 long-boat, loaded with cades of water, to make it fit clofe 

 on the bed. When all the turns are hove tight, they are 

 frapped together in the middle by as many crofs-turns as are 

 paffed over the bowfprit, which are alfo hove very tight : 

 the end of the gammoning-rope is then whipt, and feized to 

 one of the turns. 



Bobfays are wormed, parcelled, and ferved with fpun-yarn 

 three-fourths of their length ; and their collars are fitted to 

 the circumference of the bowlprit, with an eye fpliced in each 

 end ; they are then wormed, parcelled, and ferved from eye 

 to eye ; and have a heart feized in the bight, with a long and 

 fhort leg, with feven under and fix riding turns, well itrained 

 and eroded with two turns ; the end whipt, and fecured with 

 a walnut-knot, in the houfe. The bobftay-collar is laihed 

 upon the upper fide of the bowfprit at two-thirds out, or 

 within the laddie for the fprit fail-flings, with from eight to ten 

 turns through the eyes, and hove tight by a heaver. Ships 

 in the navy generally have two pairs of bobftays, 18, 19, 

 (Plate III. fg- I.), merchant-fhips commonly but one 

 pair ; one end is pafled through a hole in the front of the 

 knee, or large triangular eye-bolt in the ftem ; the ends are 

 then fpliced together. A heart, or dead-eye, is feized in the 

 bight, the fplice to come on the heart ; it is then fet up 

 with a laniard, pafling through the heart in the ftay, and its 

 collar by a luff-tackle. 



Shrouds, 20, (Plate lll.fg. 1.) are cable-laid rope ; they 

 have an iron hook and thimble fpliced in the inner ends, and 

 are ferved over the fplice. They hook to an eye-bolt on 

 each fide the bow ; the fore-ends have a heart, or dead-eye, 

 feized in, and they are fet up the fame as the bobftays. 



The ufe of the bobftays and flirouds is to draw down, and 

 keep fteady, the bowfprit ; to counteract the force of the 

 flays of the fore-mail, which draw it upwards. 



Topma/ls.— The girtlines may now be taken down from 



the 



