They walked on the embankment which separated the waters of Lake Menzaleh from the Canal, through which at that time a big English steamer, in charge of a pilot, floated.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
In other words, it is just as though you took the compass out of its place in the pilot house, or wherever it is regularly situated, put it down where the pelorus is, and took a bearing from it of any object desired.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper
Ah, Loony, confess, I am the true pilot.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever