THE FISHERMAN § Boy. 19

and I will navigate you out to the Blue-
bird.’ ”

“The Bluebird?” said Rollo.

“Yes,” said Jonas, “that was the name
of the fisherman’s large boat, which was
floating out in the little bay, a few fathoms
from the shore. The little boat was only
fit to paddle about in near the shore; but
the Bluebird had a mast and sail, and was
pretty large and strong, and could bear up
against pretty heavy waves.

“So Jock tried to shove the little boat out
to the Bluebird; but it only went round and
round, this way and that, until his father
took up an oar, and putting it out behind,
began to scull.”

“Seull?” said Rollo; ‘“ what is that?”

“OQ, it is working the oar back and forth
in a curious way, so as to send the boat
ahead. When they got pretty near the
Bluebird, the fisherman told Jock to take in
his boat-hook ; and then he brought the boat
up handsomely alongside the Bluebird, to
leeward.”

Jonas pronounced the word leeward as if it
had been spelled Joo-ard, which is the proper

way to pronounce it. e