east-and-by

Updated: May 4, 2025

But what can they do for seafaring folks in the moon, if what you tell me, Captain Gar'ner, is the truth?" "They must do without them. I fancy oil and skins are not very much in demand among the moonites, Stephen. What's that, off here to the eastward, eh? East-and-by north-half-east, or so?" "I see what you mean, sir.

James Fenimore Cooper - The Sea Lions: The Lost Sealers