Then he brailed his foresail, hauled the jib-sheet over, lowered his gaff, and put his helm hard down.

She lowered her foresail half way down: her manoeuvre made us think that she was going to take the first tow-rope: she remained so a moment, lowered her foresail entirely, setup her main-mast, hoisted her sails, and followed the rest of the division.

And then, just before sunset, we opened out the end of it, and drew in our oars, very thankful to set the little foresail, and run off again before the wind.

The schooners now took in their foresails, for the double purpose of diminishing their velocity and of being in a better condition to change their course, in order to avoid dangers ahead.

Then, when it was near on to evening, we discovered a huge stretch of the weed that seemed to block all the sea ahead, and, at that, we hauled down the foresail, and took to our oars, and began to pull, broadside on to it, towards the West.

He imagined himself one of the crew of the Celestine, hoisting the foresail in a South American port.

Even the Abraham could spare the last vessel her foresail, the new purchase turning out to be anything but a traveller.

On its abatement they again spread their foresails; and falling calm towards night, the ships astern spread out all their sprit-sails to overtake the rest.

"Cut away the foresail and pass it over," said he.

Half an hour later he directed the foresail to be brailed, brought his jigger-sheet in flat, put his helm hard down, and hauled the jib-sheet to windward.

We got the foresail on her, then a standing jib; finally little by little all her ordinary working canvas.