30 THE FISHERMAN’S BOY.

but it was so far off, that it looked very
small, and so Jock thought it was a boat.
The fisherman knew that it was a ship sail-
ing along the coast, and he knew also that
she was going in such a direction, that the
wind was ahead to her, though to the Blue-
bird it was on the starboard beam.”

‘Now I remember you told us so some
time before,” said Lucy, “and I did not
understand it then; but now I know from
what the fisherman said.”

“Yes, it means that the wind blew right
across the boat, from the starboard side, and
I told you that made her heel to port.”

“Heel to port!” said Lucy, laughing,
“what zs that?”

“ Heel? that is lean over ; and to port is
to larboard.”’

“Why don’t they say to larboard then?”
said Rollo.

“No, why don’t they say to the left, and
done with it?” said Lucy, ‘‘and then we
should understand. If you would tell us
plainly that the wind blew on the right side,
and made the boat lean over to the left side,
then we should understand; but instead of
that you tell us the wind was on the star-