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

TlI f PILOT. 105
Capltain Manual had his men paraded nt the'eatitet. iantigstay4 and t fter a short a(ldrtess ealt utl
fIated to inflamentte thleir milittary ard(1011' t and p)atriotvoluntteers, which was in truth ltaIf tleir Intuntt' t(leti
tir a (lanterotius service. After a short p)ause, the
"omp'tn.y steppe.d foi ward, like one man, and ait1ounttdte( tihemnselves as ready to Jbliow him to t}ic
elutI otf thte worlt(,. "1Tle Imarine ctast a look over
tiis shoftldt, ittit thbis grititifying dec laratlion, it} quest
o:ft Iarlst alle; tut observini that the: sailor' wras
otiu)ptiedt w\ith somt.le papersi on a (distant part of the
ti'uarter'-(eck, t e procet eded to make a most inlf
)-artial division amnong, the candidates 1br glory'
taki)ng care at the same timne, to cull his eomltanyy
in such a manner as to give himself the floNwer ot
his men, and, consequently, to leave the ship tile
htfilte this airrangement was taking lilace, and
the erew of the hfiig.ate was in thlis state of excite..
eii(nt, (:Grifhith ascended to the deck, his counttteeyes tbeminungtl witht a look of animation and( gayety;
th}at had lot() beten strangters to the Iaie, of the
ytonttn itlan. Lie wasI; giving forth thte AMfie' ncessatry orders to tile serametln he was to take w\itl~h htim
t'xno the.hipl when Barnstable ttagain motioned
Itim to 1oltow',t and led the way once m ore to the
stat(e-r'oo m.
" Let tle wind blowv its pipe out," said tlhe
commiantder of' the Ariel, whlen they wvere seate
"thei e N w.ill be 1ie landireng ol the eastern coast of
Eitglandtl till tthe sa goes down. B.!ut this ('ate
was, imadtle fior a satilor's ifie See Grifitth, what
a set. of si lals she las; fo'rmedt, out of ht er oVwn
lunnintg head."
I t hop)e your opinion may l)rove tt e )'\, and that