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The cargo that had been discharged was soon stowed again , and the next great object was to get the ship afloat previously to hoisting in the new spars . As the kedges still lay on the reef , and all the anchors remained in the places where they had originally been placed , there was little to do but to get ready to heave upon the chains as soon as the tide rose . Previously to commencing this task , however , the intervening time was well employed in sending , down the imperfect hamper that was aloft , and in getting up shears to hoist out the remains of the foremast , as well as the jury mainmast , the latter of which , it will be remembered , was only fitted two days before . All the appliances used on that occasion being still on deck , and every body lending a willing hand , this task was completed by noon . The jury-mast gave little trouble , but was soon lying on the bank ; and then Captain Truck , the shears having been previously shifted , commenced lifting the broken foremast , and just as the cooks announced that the dinner was ready for the people , the latter safely deposited the spar on the sands . '' ` Here , a sheer hulk , lies poor Tom Bowline , ' '' said Captain Truck to Mr. Blunt , as the crew came up the staging in their way to the galley , in quest of their meal . `` I have not beheld the Montauk without a mast since the day she lay a new-born child at the ship-yards .