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

names of boXCet',> pluper" ji " igtriter, "I' c (l;'tttre'v,' "x terXiT inlator,' tand C nail-tdrivert"
Why have you thrown\t the midship)-gun without the pale of your baptismrt asked tie pilot;:" (o10 you tt know it' by tlhe usutal title of the' old
No, n0o, I vha e no suht pettictoat terms ott
board meXl," cried thle oltherf; but mlove more to
tar'board, and you will see its style paited on tlhe
cheeks of the earria:e; it's a nlae that need not
cause themt to blush eittther.
"'Tis a sintular ep)ithet, though nlot without
somle mlanl in.w
" It thas ireo thtan you, perhaps, tdreami of, sir.'That worthy seaman, whom you see leanintg
against the tbretnast, and who would setrvet on oeeaston, fti ra spare sparep himselif, is the captain of
tt ttan tattId morel than once has lecide(id s-oe
warml-l disputes with John Bull, by tile mannl r ti
whieth he Ihas hta wie lded it. No naritie anll trail
his mucsket mlore easily than. nm y coekswain can
traiti his nine-p)ounder ont a object; and thtus fioim
tben'ir co"nnexion, and Bsome resemblance there'is betweent thenm in klength, it }thas got the nlte whichl
you pt)erive it earrti'ies that of I long''orn.'
The pilot smlited as lhe listetld, but turting
away friol-m e spaker, the deep reflection th. t
c:rossead his brow but too plainly showed that hew
tri. fled on ly ftom momentary indulgence; atd G(rif'fitl.intiwmated to Xa rnstable,- that as the gale was
enstibly abating, the'vy woutld pursue the object of
their destination.
Thust reealled to his duty, the co0mm0ander of' the
schooner forgot the delightfiul thrtme of expatiatirtg
on the merits of his vessel, and issued the neemes-.
tary orders to direet their mlovenentts..ThIwe little
sehoo:ner slow-ly obeyed the impulse of her helm