The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-10-12

to marine architecture. Such knowledge won't
stick in her brain. The captain who attempt
ed teaching nautcalsm to party of ladies on
a yacht not long since Jared as follows:
Lady No. Nov, captain, what's sloop?'
Captain-A A sloop has but one mast.
l.. pointing to a scAooner)-1s that sloop?
C.-No, that's schooner. A sloop has bnt
one mast, schooner has two. as you see. Now,
remember, sloop has one mast schooner two
L.-Certainly. How many masts has a
ship?
C.-Three.
L.-How many masts did you say sloop
had?
Conc 'Sloop one, schooner two, ship
three.
L. pointing to sloop)Is that schoon-
C.-No. That's sloop. Sloop one mast,
schooner two, ship three.
L.-Oh, yes, 1 remember. pointing to a
ship Isn't that pretty schooner?
C.-That's not a schooner, that's ship.
Dout you see it has three masts?
L-O, yes. Isn't that big schooner lying
at the wharf there?
C.-Schooner! Now, how many masts has
that vessel?
L.-Three
C.-well, what has three masts?
LA sloop.
C.-Sloop! Sloop has one mast, | tell you
Schooner two, ship three.
Lady No. why Jane, how stupid you
are! A schooner always has one mast.
l.. (Chatty and quite oblvious of stupidity
And what is brig?
CA brig has two masts and is rigged like
ship with square sails.
Lady No. 2.-Jane, look at the sloop coming
along.
C.-That's schooner. Don't you see the
two masts? Sloop ohe mast, schooner two
masts, ship three masts.
L-Are those schooners there with three
masts?
C.-Yes.
LII thought you said schooner had but
C.-Two! Two mastsl Sloop one mast,
schooner two, ship three
L.-But that schooner has three masts.
C.-Well, it's a three-masted schooner.
Then schooner can have any number
of masts?
C.-No. Sloop one mast schooneretwo and
sometimes three masts, ship three masts.
L.-Pm sure can't make it .out. It's aw-
fully puzzling. What is bark?
G. unable any longer TO popularize nauti-
cal science, falls brck on technical expression)
Vessel with two masts, ship rigged, and one
mast sloop rigged, square sails on fore and
main mast, and aft sails on the mizzen.
L.-Mizzen! What's mizzen?
C.-Last mast aft, madam.
L.-Aft! What's aft?
C.-The stern, madam.
L.-Oh, Im sure can't make it out Is that
a sloop there? pointing to a schooner.)
C.-NO! SCuOOuer. OIOOp one mast.
schooner two, ship three.
How many masts has man-o'-war?
C.-Three.
L.-well what's the difference between
man-o'-war and a smack?
C.-(Groans and is silent.)
L.-What are those sticks across the mass
of that schooner, captain?
C.-Thats not a schooner. Schooner two
masts, ship three, sloop one. That's ship,
Those are the yards that hold the sails.
C.(encou-aged)- Now, the first yard on the
fore mast is the fore yard the second is the
fore topsail yard, the third is the fore gallant
yard.
L.--what is that yard sticking straight up
out Of that little schooner?
Cr-Great Scott! this that's not q schooner.
It's sloop Sloop one mast, schooner two,
ship three. What you call her yard is her
mast.
Lady No. 2.-Certainly, Jane, how stupid
you are. Captain, what are the names of the
other masts on that schooner's yards you were
pointing out to us?
G. Internally
Lady No. 2-Captain, where are the lub-
bers?
G. Captain wishes he could tell)-Up there
on that ships mast, near the tops.
L.looking attentively at schooner)-Near
the top OF the masts of that sloop?
C.-No, no. Further downl Where the
futtock shrouds are fastened. No. no, not that
vessel. A schooner has no lubbers (mentally)
except this one and they're on deck.
L.(Whose interest in the locality of lubbers
suddenly ceases)-Isn't that pretty ship sail
ing along.
C--Ship! That's an old tub OF a schooner.
a'am.' Schooner two masts, ship three, sloop
one, l tell you.
L.-Can sloop have two masts?
C-Sloop one mast, schooner two, ship three,
Lady No. 2-How many masts has ship.
captain?
C.-Ship three masts, schooner two, sloop
one.
L-Yes. L know now, Schooner one-no,
two masts, sloop two-no, three. ship one.
There