Everything interested Pocahontas on the voyage: the ship herself, the hoisting and Furling of sails in calms and tempests, the chanteys of the sailors as they worked, the sight of spouting whales and, as they neared the English coast, the magnificence of a large ship-of-war, a veteran, so declared the captain, of the fleet which went so bravely forth to meet the Spanish Armada.
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson
We took it easily, therefore, and at times, when the wind was light or contrary, Furling everything, and then making all sail again; that done, we had once more to reef and furl sails, and to brace the yards about.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
A day or two afterwards we were all on deck, the men exercising in reefing and Furling sails.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston