The galliot carried two masts, the after one only being set up.  The foremast was housed in a tabernacle and lay on the deck.  We manned a windlass, and with a dismal creaking, that alarmed us mightily, the mast slowly rose to an upright position.  Then it was an easy matter to spread the great tanned sail, and having slipped the cable we stood westwards towards England and freedom.