kle would be
liable to be injured when the cable is running out or when passing around a
capstan, the pins are made as shown at D, and are secured by a small pin d.
This small pin is kept from coming out by being made a little short, and
lead pellets are driven in at either end to fill up the holes in the
shackle, which are made with a groove, so that as the pellets are driven in
they expand or dovetail, keeping the small pin in its place.[2]

[Illustration: FIG. 2.--Mooring Swivel.]

The cables are stowed in chain lockers, the inboard ends being secured by a
"slip" (in the mercantile marine the cable is often shackled or lashed to
the kelson); the slip prevents the cable's inner end from passing
overboard, and also enables the cable to be "slipped", or let go, in case
of necessity. In the British navy, swivel pieces are fitted in the first
and last lengths of cable, to avoid and, if required, to take out turns in
a cable, caused by a ship swinging round when at anchor. With a ship moored
with two anchors, the cables are secured to a mooring swivel (fig. 2),
which prevents a "foul hawse", _i.e._ the cables being entwined round each
other. When mooring, unmooring, and as may be necessary, cables are
temporarily secured by "slips" shackled to eye or ring bolts in the deck
(see ANCHOR). The cable is hove up by either a capstan or windlass (see
CAPSTAN) actuated by steam, electricity or manual power. Ships in the
British navy usually ride by the compressor, the cable holder being used
for checking the cable running out. When a ship has been given the
necessary cable, the cable holder is eased up and the compressor "bowsed
to"; in a heavy sea, a turn, or if necessary two turns, are taken round the
"bitts," a strong iron structure placed between the hawse and navel
("deck") pipes. A single turn of cable is often taken round the bitts when
anchoring in deep water. Small vessels of the mercantile marine ride by
turns around the windlass; in larger or more modern vessels fitted with a
steam windlass, the friction brakes take the strain, aided when required by
the bitts, compressor or controller in bad weather.

(J. W. D.)

[1] The word "cable" is a various reading for "camel" in the Biblical
phrase, "it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle" of
Matt. xix. 24, Mark x. 25, and Luke xviii. 25, mentioned as early as Cyril
of Alexandria (5th cent.); and it was adopted by Sir John Cheke and other
16th century and