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

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whole of that tortning; but towards noOn, the
usual intdicationst ot better weather became tap.ptaretnt. i)ttrimrt these few ~hours of inaction inl
thle frigate, tthe marines, who w ere drafited for service on tlhe laut, t m.oved throug'l the vessel with a
busy andt( stirring air, as if they were about to participate i'n the glory and danger of tile campaig
their officer had planned, while the lwV seamenl
who Nwetre tff. accompany the expedition stead(ily
pIat'ed tihe dclfi with their hetilds thrust ilto thet
boso)ms of their neat blue jackets, or, oecasiot altly,
strettched towards th horizon, as tleir f1in1ers
traced, t'r tleiir less experienced shipmlates, tlhe
signs of an aba(temient in the gale among the drivitu cloudls.'iT'he last, lagger arnong the soldiers had
appeWaretd witt hlis knalpsack on hiis back in the, leegangwayt wher.e his comirades Nwere collectted, tan).
i, tind accottiel forl tlhe Strife, when Capt ainl)
Atutnson ascended to thle quarter-deck, accomtpatiet by) tte stranger andt hi first l ieutenant. A
word i was spoken by the latter in t low voic e. to a
nid'shiplttan wh\o skil)ped gayly alongt tile dcclk
iand prt'esently tihe shrill call of t:he boatswattin vwas
heardl, preceditl'g the hoarse cry of1-'Away thlere, you T: l'grs, rtl awar y t"'
A smart rollt of the drum lt llowed, and thle mlatines c.paraded, while the six seatnt i who belollnged
to the cutter that owned so fierce a naIte, mati(l
theirtI ptreparat ions ft'r lowering their little b:arlk
fr'om thle quatter of' the f'igate into the troubled
sea. E4vi:e:y thingt was conducted in thle moost exact order, andtt ith a coolness and skill that thid
defiane to:: the thur.ullnce of the angry elements.
lthe mar1ines vwere saafbly tr ansported fri'oim tihe ship
to tie schlooner, undert the ihvouring shelter of the
formert, though} the boat apleared, at times, to be1