134 TWO WAYS TO GO TO SEA:

“ What does that mean?” said Lucy.

“©, the capstan is a kind of machine,
with long handles reaching off on every
side ; and the sailors take hold of these han-
dies, and heave round, and round, and
round, and so heave up the anchor.”

« How does that heave up the anchor om

“ Why, the cable, that is fastened to the
anchor, passes round the capstan ; and so,
when they heave it round, it winds the
cable up, and draws it in.

“So Jack got hold of the capstan, and
hove away with the other sailors. He was
quite pleased with this. He told John that
he had heard people say it was hard work to
heave up the anchor, but it was no such
thing ; it was very easy work, he said.

“The sails were soon spread ; and as soon
as the brig began to make some way through
the water, Jack’s father and John bade the
little sailor good by, and got down the
brig’s side, into their boat ; and John sculled
the boat ashore.

“The brig sailed majestically out of the
bay, and Jack thought all his troubles were
over, and that life with him was now just
about to begin. And for a few days things