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sail, 11 ; main course, 12 ; main- 

 top sail, 13 ; main-top-gallant sail, 

 14 ; main royal, 15 ; main-sky 

 sail, 16; main -royal-studding sail, 

 1 7 ; main-top-gallant-studding sail, 



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18 ; main-top-mast-studding sail, 



19 ; mizzen course, 20 ; mizzen-top 

 sail, 21 ; mizzen-top-gallant sail, 

 22 ; mizzen royal, 23 ; mizzen-sky 

 sail, 24 ; mizzen spanker, 25. 



Stays in ships are large ropes 

 used to support masts, and lead- 

 ing from the head of some mast 



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down to some other mast, or to 

 some part of the vessel, 5. Sails 

 which are connected with these 

 ropes are called stay-sails : the 

 fore-top-mast stay-sail, 1 ; main- 

 top-mast stay-sail, 2 ; main-top- 

 gallant stay-sail, 3 ; main royal 



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stay -sail, 4 ; mizzen-stay-sail, 5 ; 

 mizzen-top -mast stay-sail, 6 ; fore, 

 main, and mizzen top-mast, and 

 top-gallant mast back stays, 7, 8 ; 

 fore stay, 9 ; main stay, 10 ; 

 mizzen stay, 11. The names of 

 the fore -mast, main -mast, and 

 ^izzen-mast are sufficiently indi- 

 cated by these figures, and the 

 names of the stays. 



A lugger, 6, is a small vessel 

 carrying two or three masts with 



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lug-sails, having somewhat the 

 form of main-sails, but without a 

 hoom at the bottom. 



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A pinnace, 7, is a small vessel 



