far-eye

Updated: July 27, 2025

And though they will well-nigh depopulate a country themselves, they will wax highly indignant if any of the survivors do a little slaying, even if they kill but a miserable slave, like this Somali dog. Heave him overboard. No. Ships carry the "far-eye," the magic instrument that makes the distant near, that brings things from miles away to within a few yards.

Percival Christopher Wren - Driftwood Spars: The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who: Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life