north-an-by-west

Updated: May 28, 2025

You comes upon me suddent, and what do you catch me doin'? You catches me," here his voice became impressive "you catches me lookin' up at the sky. And why am I lookin' up at the sky? It is to say to you, 'Nicholas Nanjivell, the wind is sot in the sou'-west?" "Not if you expect me to believe 'ee. 'Tisn' a point off north-an-by-west."

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Nicky-Nan, Reservist