The pilot: a tale of the sea. By J. Fenimore Cooper.

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Fierce boutditet fi vaf Sritler t"lthe ship.
ike graylhoundr slartrmeg fora1 theo slip,
TO seize hi-s is iin pley."
l].or'd of the lStes
A rt'nt tuf: i tlhe sttubject of the consrulttionl r>mained a scret witht thoser whose opitniont8s wTere rt(quired, yet enol tlis h of thle restilt leaked out amontt,
ithe subordinate officers, to throw tbie wihoke crevw
into a state of ealetr excitenlcent.'the r t01.ut1
sitpead itself along tIe tef kEs of' the frig;at(e, with
tthte t pidity of an talartt, ti ati an expe(litio, i was to
ittelinlt t}he Shore Ohn,S.)n5 }hidden Senrv i~', dictated
by th': (ong'css itstel; ald c(.onjee:tures \'were nat(,
resp'etj)tintgt its fotrcet. anit destistnation, with allt t t iatf
tinterest whtich~ snieh.d:bt bet isttx.iied wou itlttl exist
1asnon'.! t}elt, 11,])m whosi s live, or fibirities xwctre to
abide the issue. A a\fllant tttnd 1(c(iIss (iai'it,
iriigJld txvith tth tltsire of ttnove l ty )l,, t ox (' \e'r W.S
tlte )pr('vaiitig sctitt ment lamot r tle crcw, wIho
wotuld h}ave r eill'div { twii Chee'rs the tlntell:.f1.encc
that th ei'.'esse. was c andldttal to fost ti th pisS.a.to, of' t}he unmitecd British flcet. A fetv of.the oil-d
cr and,tnorie pruIlent of' the sailor's wcvi exc(.cp
tiotis to tfiis th}oll hi t.b'} ss hat dihood, and one or two,
lamongt, wthom t}he cocki1s4ain of tihe whtialeboa,;t w;as
the most citssp icUto.s vcnturedi to speak" trl.o)i)tit.
ty of all sorts ti t I: i servIice, as It ing of: a } t aH;i t'
t.i n evert' )t " x':o';i tw i