When he came back, I had started to walk to and from, across the fore side of the mainmast.
"The Ghost Pirates"
William Hope Hodgson
I walked over to the mainmast, and looked behind the pinrail that partly surrounded it, and down into the shadow of the pumps; but here again was nothing.
"The Ghost Pirates"
William Hope Hodgson
Even a boy of apparently not over seventeen, who came to a halt near the mainmast, managed to keep his balance with some help from a rope.
"Ahead of the Army"
W. O. Stoddard