THE FISHERMAN’S BOY. 21

water. This buoy was a small, round beam
of wood, with a rope fastened to one end.
The other end of this rope was tied strong
round a stone,—a large stone which was
sunk to the bottom; and so the buoy could
not get away ; but there it floated, lifting its
head high out of water.”

“Why, how could it do that?” said
Rollo.

“Why, you see, the rope was made a
little too short to-reach to the top of the
water, and that drew the lower end of the
buoy under, and raised the other end. ‘The
fisherman painted the upper end of the buoy
white, so that he could see it more easily in
the dark ; and he cut the shape of a dog’s
head on the end, and called it his watch-
dog Looxour; to watch the tides.”

‘‘'T'o watch the tides?’ said Rollo.

“Yes,” said Jonas, ‘“‘he would watch the
tides, and tell when it was high or when it
was low.”

‘How could he?” asked Lucy.

“Why, you see the rope was short, and
drew one end of the buoy under water; and
so, when the tide rose high, it made the
rope a good deal too short, and that drew the