11IGGING. 



Rigging and Bending the Mizen-Courfe, 9, Plate IV. Jig. 2. 



Earing reeves, with an eye in one end, through the cringle 

 in the peek of the fail, and makes fait round the peek as 

 the earings above. 



The nock-earings the fame as the peek. 



Lacing is fpliced to the peek-earing-cringle, and laces 

 round the yard or gaff, through the eye-let holes in the head 

 of the fail, and makes faft to the nock-earing-cringle. 

 Lacing round the mail is fpliced to the nock-cringle, and 

 round the fore-fide of the mall, backwards and forwards, 

 and through each cringle on the fore-leech of the fail, mak- 

 ing faft to the tack at the lower end. 



Tack fets up with a laniard reeved through the tack- 

 cringle in the foot of the iail, and through an eye-bolt in 

 the deck. 



Sheet reeves through a block on the horfe, at the fore 

 part of the taffrail ; then through the block that hooks to 

 the thimble, in the clue of the fail ; again through the block 

 on the horfe, and belays to a cleat on the fide. 



Brails, 41, {Plate IV. fig. 2.) throat, middle, and peek, 

 reeve through their refpe&ive blocks on the yard or gaff, 

 and make fait to cringles on the after -leech of the fail on 

 each fide. The throat-brails lead down by the malt, and 

 the middle brails lead down to the after -mizen-fhroud on 

 each fide, and the peek-brails to a cleat on each quarter. 



Fancy-line, 42, {Plate IV '. Jig. 2.) has two fpans, with a 

 thimble feized in the bight, and a thimble feized in each end ; 

 one thimble reeves upon the throat-brail, the other on the 

 middle brail, on each fide the fail. The fancy-line reeves 

 through blocks lafhed at the peek end, and each end bends 

 to the thimble in the bight of the fpan on each fide. When 

 the mizen is fet, the brails are hauled up by the fancy-line, 

 that they may be flack, and not girt the lee-fide of the 

 fail. 



Rigging and Bending tie Top/ails. 



The Jore-topfail, 6, {Plate IV. Jig. 2.) is fwayed up into 

 the top by the topfail-haliards, that make fait to flings 

 round the middle of the fail, and then laid in the fore part 

 of the top fair for bending. 



Sheets, 44, (Plate IV. Jig. 2.) are paffed through the fore 

 part of the clue of the fail, and itopt with an overhand-knot. 

 They reeve through the moulder-block at the lower yard, 

 then through the quarter-block, and come down before the 

 malt ; reeve through the (heave-holes in the bitts, and there 

 belay. 



Clue-lines, 45, (Plate IV. Jig. 2.) The ftraps of the 

 blocks are paffed through the clues of the fail, and brought 

 round the clue to the tore part, and fecurely feized. The 

 clue-lines are palled the fame as the clue-garnets of the 

 courfes, and fometimes have no block, but bend to the clue 

 of the fail. 



Boiu-lines, 46, (Phi:? IV. fig. 2.) reeve through the 

 blocks at the bowiprit-cap. The outer part reeves on the 

 lower bow-line bridle with a thimble, as the main-courfe. 

 The leading-part comes in upon the forecaftle, and belays 

 to the topfail-lheet-bitts. 



Bunt-lines, 47, (Plate IV. Jig. 2.) reeve through the 

 block upon the yard, lead down on the fore-fide of the fail, 

 and clinch to the cringles in the foot-rope. The leading- 

 part reeves through a tingle block, lafhed clofe under the 

 topmait crofs-trees, leads down through the fquare hole in 

 the top, and belays to the fhrouds. 



ReeJ-tackle-pendants, 48, (Plate IV. Jig. 2.) reeve through 

 the upper theave in the fifter-block in the topmaft-fhrouds. 



then through the fheave-hole in the yard-arm, and clinch to 

 the reef -cringle in the leech-rope of the fail. 



Reef-earings reeve through their bights in each reef- 

 cringle, and are ftopt to the next cringles and the head of 

 the fail, till ufed. 



Spilling-lines have two legs, which are each made fait with 

 a timber-hiti»h round the quarters of the topfail-yard, then 

 lead down on the aftfide, return upwards under the foot of 

 the fail, and reeve through a block on the fore-fide, lafhed 

 to the tye-block on the yard, then lead down upon deck 

 abaft the matt. 



Life-lines, earings, rope- bands, and points, as the fore- 

 courfe. 



Go/lets. — The yard-arm gafket reeves with an eye round 

 the yard-arm, within the cleats. Quarter-gafkets reeve as 

 the above, between the yird-arm and flings. Bunt-galkets 

 have two legs, and lafii to the yard with an eye on each fide 

 the tye-block, and fatten thereto, when the fail is hauled up 

 in the bunt. 



The Maix-topsail, 2, (Plate IV. Jig. 2.) is fwayed 

 up into the top, as the fore-topfail. 



Sheets, 51, clue-lines, 52, bunt-lines, 53, reef-tachle pen- 

 dants, 54, earings, rope-bands, points, and gajkets, as the 

 fore-topfail. 



Boiu-lines reeve through blocks lafhed round the fore- 

 maft-head, clofe under the cap ; the outer part reeves on 

 the lower bowline-bridle with a thimble, as the fore-topfail. 

 The leadiag-part comes down through the fquare hole of 

 the cap, reeves through a fheave-hole in the bitts upon the 

 forecaftle, and there belays. 



The MizEX-Toi'SAii., 10, (Plate IV. Jig. 2.) in large 

 fhips, is fwayed as the foregoing. 



Sheets, 56, clue-lines, 57, bunt-lines, 58, reef-tackle pen- 

 dants, 59, earings, rope-bands, points, and gajkets, as the 

 fore-topfail. 



Boiu-lines, 60, {Plate IV. Jig. 2.) bend to the fail as the 

 fore-topfail, and reeve through a tingle block, feized to the 

 main-fhrouds on the oppofite fide near the futtock-ftaff ; 

 then lead down through a fei/.ing-truck to the quarter-deck, 

 and belay to the rack at the fhrouds. 



Rigging and Bending the Top gallant Sails. 



The Fore-top-gallaxt-sail, 7, (Plate IV. Jig. 2.) 

 is either fwayed up to the topmaft crofs-trees by the clue- 

 lines, or bent to the yard upon deck. It is hauled out to 

 the yard-arm by earings, and bends or laces to the yard, as 

 before obferved. 



Sheets, 62, and clue-lines, 63, are bent to the clues of the 

 fail, and lead down upon deck, as the fore-topfail. 



Bunt-lines, 64, reeve through a frnall block, feized to the 

 top-gallant-mafl-head ; then through a thimble feized to the 

 tye, clofe down upon the yard, and bend, with legs, to 

 cringles in the foot of the fail. The leading-part comes 

 down into the top. 



Bow-lines, 65, {Plate IV. Jig. 2.) reeve through the 

 thimbles at the jib-boom-end, and fatten to the fail as the 

 topfail, only with a toggle, to caft off the bow-line readily 

 for fending the yard down. The leading-part comes down 

 the forecaftle, and belays to a pin in the hook over the bow- 

 fprit. 



The jack-block is ftrapped with a feizing-eye, through 

 which reeves a fhort piece of rope, with an eye fpliced in 

 one end, and a double walnut-knot made at the end, called 

 a button and loop, which encircles the mall, by thrufting 

 the knot through the eye, and is triced up and down the 

 mart by the top-gallant-tye, which bend? through the eye 



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