“That’s the way, String,” said Grant Jones encouragingly. “Don’t let him get the better of you.”
“He never has and he never will,” said John complacently.
“Stop arguing,” exclaimed Fred Button, “and tell me what kind of a boat this is that we are on.”
“It’s a sailing boat,” said Pop Sanders. “Did you think it was a steamer?”
“I mean what kind of a sailing boat is it. Is it a schooner or a bark, or what?”
“It’s a brig,” said Socrates Jones. “You can always tell a brig from the way she is rigged. She has two masts and is square rigged.”
“I thought that was a brigantine,” protested Fred.
“No,” said Grant. “A brigantine is very much the same though. She has two masts and is square rigged on the foremast, but schooner rigged on the other.”
“Which is called the mainmast,” said Fred.
“Quite right,” agreed Grant. “I’ll make a sailor of you yet.”