42 THE FISHERMAN’S BOY.

called out immediately, as loud as he could,
«¢ Ship, ahoy !’

“JTmmediately a man in a red cap ap-
peared at the bulwarks, and answered.
The fisherman soon perceived that it was
the same ship that he had visited some hours
before. He brought his boat alongside, and
secured it, and he and Jock went aboard.

“The ship was at anchor. They found
that the wind had shifted soon after the squall,
and blew so heavily that they thought it
most prudent to come to anchor. They
were very glad to receive the fisherman, and
especially little Jock, safe on board. ‘The
sailors were very kind to the little pilot, as
they called him. ‘They rigged him up in
their own trousers and jackets. ‘They were
a great deal too big, it is true ; but then they
were warm and dry, and Jock was very glad
to get them on, in exchange for his own wet
and cold clothes. He cut a very comical
figure down in the forecastle, with a great
shaggy pea-jacket over him, the long sleeves
hanging down his sides. After the sailors
had done laughing at him, they put him into
a berth, and it was not long before he was
sound asleep.