406 Mr. Snow Harris on the Electrical Discharge 



Fig, 1, 



Hyacinth. 



AthoL 



anchor in Penang Bay, and again lost her main-top mast and 

 top-gallant mast in a similar way, the lower mast being pre- 

 served by her chain topsail sheets. 



28. No. 2. In 1830, the Athol, of 28 guns, was struck by 

 lightning on her foremast, in the Bight of Biaffra : at this time 

 the topsails were lowered on the caps and the other sails 

 furled, as showed in the annexed diagram, fig. 2. This ship 

 had chains for hoisting the topsails which lay in the direction 

 of the topmast as indicated by the dotted line be. She had 

 also a chain for topsail sheets, which led along the lower masts 

 as indicated by the line d e. When the electrical explosion 



