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A moment later, and the royal top gallantsail, topsail and mainsail disappear from the main mast, upon which appears a regular fore and aft suit of canvass, consisting of mainsail, gaff topsail, and gaff top gallantsail, reducing the vessel to a square rig forward, and a plain fore and aft rig aft. A few minutes more, and the foremast passed through the same metamorphose, leaving the "Sea Witch" a three masted schooner, with fore and aft sails on every mast and every stay. A MOMENT LATER AND THE ROYAL TOP GALLANTSAIL TOPSAIL AND MAINSAIL DISAPPEAR FROM THE MAIN MAST UPON WHICH APPEARS A REGULAR FORE AND AFT SUIT OF CANVASS CONSISTING OF MAINSAIL GAFF TOPSAIL AND GAFF TOP GALLANTSAIL REDUCING THE VESSEL TO A SQUARE RIG FORWARD AND A PLAIN FORE AND AFT RIG AFT A FEW MINUTES MORE AND THE FOREMAST PASSED THROUGH THE SAME METAMORPHOSE LEAVING THE SEA WITCH A THREE MASTED SCHOONER WITH FORE AND AFT SAILS ON EVERY MAST AND EVERY STAY
ty permitted them below. The signal rang sharply through the ship, and caused an instant response. A score of dark forms issued forth from the forecastle, embracing representatives from nearly half the nations of the globe; but they were sturdy sailors, and used to obey the word of command, men to be relied upon in an emergency, rough in exterior, but within either soft as women or hard as steel, according to the occasion. Now it was that an observer not conversant with the "Sea Witch," and looking at her from a distance, would have naturally concluded that she was most appropriately named, for how else could her singular manouvres and the result that followed be explained? Suddenly the mizzen royal disappeared, followed by the top-gallant sail, topsail, and cross-jack courses, seeming to melt away under the eye like a misty veil, while, almost in a moment of time, there appeared a spanker, gaff topsail and gaff top-gallantsail in their place, while the vessel still held on her course. SE HOURS OF RELEASE FROM DUTY PERMITTED THEM BELOW THE SIGNAL RANG SHARPLY THROUGH THE SHIP AND CAUSED AN INSTANT RESPONSE A SCORE OF DARK FORMS ISSUED FORTH FROM THE FORECASTLE EMBRACING REPRESENTATIVES FROM NEARLY HALF THE NATIONS OF THE GLOBE BUT THEY WERE STURDY SAILORS AND USED TO OBEY THE WORD OF COMMAND MEN TO BE RELIED UPON IN AN EMERGENCY ROUGH IN EXTERIOR BUT WITHIN EITHER SOFT AS WOMEN OR HARD AS STEEL ACCORDING TO THE OCCASION NOW IT WAS THAT AN OBSERVER NOT CONVERSANT WITH THE SEA WITCH AND LOOKING AT HER FROM A DISTANCE WOULD HAVE NATURALLY CONCLUDED THAT SHE WAS MOST APPROPRIATELY NAMED FOR HOW ELSE COULD HER SINGULAR MANEUVERS AND THE RESULT THAT FOLLOWED BE EXPLAINED SUDDENLY THE MIZZEN ROYAL DISAPPEARED FOLLOWED BY THE TOP GALLANT SAIL TOPSAIL AND CROSS JACK COURSES SEEMING TO MELT AWAY UNDER THE EYE LIKE A MISTY VEIL WHILE ALMOST IN A MOMENT OF TIME THERE APPEARED A SPANKER GAFF TOPSAIL AND GAFF TOP GALLANTSAIL IN THEIR PLACE WHILE THE VESSEL STILL HELD ON HER COURSE
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