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

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A sINxOTv glance at thie ap will make the reardCt' acot'titnted with the position of the eastern coast
of the Island of O(eat t ritain, as connected with
the shores of the o!pposite continent. To10ether
th/ey tr'or-n the h)ounldtaries of the simall sea that Ihas
i(o agtres been kniown to thle wtorld as the scene of
ilarititne exploits, and as the grleat tav:ntle throughl
Whieih contnere and wtar l}ave (:(ondifted the
fleets of' the northern nations of loint ope. Over
thlis sea the islanders long as sserted a jurisLdiction.
exceedingt that which reason conced(es to any po\Xwiri' on the highway of nationsx alnd which frequent
fy led to conllicts thfat ctausel an expeldit'ure of
)bloodt and ttreasture, utterly (isplrop)ortioned to tim
3tlvantages thlat ('cat e' ar'ise0 fi'ot the 1maintf.e
tlmtAce of a useless and abstract right. It is aei'oss
the wVaters of this disputed oceanl1 that NweV shall attemp)t to conduct our t eaders, selectilng a petiod
i1r our incidents that lias pecuttliar inte.rests ott
every Amllericant, not only I}eeause it was the irth-t