406 Mr. Snow Harris on the Electrical Discharge 
Fig.l. Fig. 2. 
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 Bialfra : 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 
