“...To this rope was fastened the noose of a heavy cable. The instant she was near enough, he gave one mighty whirl, and tossed the rope ashore. It struck one man, nearly knocked down another, while two or three immediately caught it, hauled the cable in, and slipped the noose over one of the heavy posts of the wharf; then the sailors secured the other end of it, and began to pull in, and pull in, with many a loud, “Heave-ho!” – every jerk bringing the vessel nearer the wharf, until she was safely moored alongside.”
[Early Days for 1861; Second Series, Vol.I, 1861]


“Henry Tresillian continued to gaze at Penzance with ardent and longing interest, until the loud command “Reef fore and topsails-helm a-port,” struck upon his ear, and the next moment the steamer had rounded the pier, and sweeping close alongside, dropped her anchor, while the “heave ho” of the sailors as they speedily secured her by ropes and chains to the quay-bolts, and the shrill scream of the steam as it poured its vapoury clouds from her 'scape-pipe, clearly signified that she had reached the termination of her voyage.”
[J.S.B., The Broken Troth-Plight, The London Journal, Vol.23, No.841, 23 March, 1861]