CHAPTER XX.
THE SPARS, SAILS, AND RIGGING OF A SHIP.
Before night the two masts of the Lily were in their places, and wedged up so that they would stand alone. After supper there was another lesson in rowing given to the new scholars, and they crossed the lake for the first time.
After the recitations the next day, the students were called to the schoolroom after dinner; and they found on the wall several nautical drawings. The first was a full-rigged ship, "The Queen of the West," a large merchant-vessel. It was drawn in outline, and was so plain that all its parts could be easily seen. The principal stepped upon the platform in front of this drawing, with the pointer in his hand.
"I am going to give you a general idea of the rigging of a ship," said he, when the attention of the school was directed to him. "To obtain all the details, nothing but practice will suffice. Only a small portion of the rigging of a ship is delineated in this drawing. A sailor has to be so familiar with every part, that he can find any rope in the darkest night, when he cannot see his hand before him.
1. Bowsprit.
2. Jib-boom.