50 THE QUESTION.

weather side, because that is most exposed
to the weather. ‘The bow on the weather
side is called the weather bow. And so
they say the weather beam, and the weather
quarter. So the parts on the other side are
called the lee bow, the lee beam, and the
lee quarter.”

“Now, suppose you were sailing in a ship
at sea, and were to come in sight of rocks,
which would be the most dangerous place
for them, on the lee bow, or the weather
bow, do you think ?”

“T’m sure I don’t know,” said Rollo.

“The lee bow would be the most dan-
serous place, because, as the ship was moving
on, the wind would blow right towards
them; but if the rocks were any where on
the weather side, there would be scarcely
any danger, because the wind would blow
from them, towards the ship, and so she could
easily go away from them.”

“Yes, sir,” said Lucy, ‘‘ I understand.”

“You often hear of a lee shore, in books ©

of voyages: it means a shore to leeward of
the ship, and of course the wind tends to
blow the ship towards it; and if the wind
is heavy, a ship, in such a case, is in great

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