When advance notice was given of the visit of a distinguished person, who would pass close aboard all ship's hands were ordered "to clean themselves." Shortly afterwards, at the words "lay aloft," the ships hands would climb the mast rigging to the top sections - known as the topmost crosstrees & the topgallant masthead.
Xa kuthe kwanikezelwa kwangaphambili ngesaziso zokundwendwelwa ngumntu ohloniphekileyo, oza kuthi adlule phakathi kwabo bonke abasenwanaweni "babeyalelwa ukuba bazicoce". Kufutshane nje emva koko, kumazwi athi "lala ngaphezulu", abantu basenqanaweni bathi baxhumele phezulu kwicandelo elingentla - elaziwa ngokuba yeyona mithi iphezulu & nentloko yemasti ekhaliphe kakhulu.