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

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nf(Id there is lota gea t re'semblance between t}he
lift:, of a sailor, and 1 thtat of a solhier. t'li (r(I arI C
no gales of wind, 10or short-allowances, no r clefing
topsails, nor shipwreeks, among' soldiers.anI at
the same timel there is jtust as mt:uel), or e1veln mote
groMg-drinking, jotllty ig, care-killing fun around a
canteen and att open kna't)sack, than there is on
the end of a mess-chest) with a lull caln and at Satult-rday nlight's br(:.eze.. I have crossed the 6;mean
severaltimes, aVd I mlust own" tlhat a stip, in good
uwcather, is ver l. ulch the same as a camp or'on:iturtable barracks; nid, I say only in very good
wveafirhel.:}
T' We have no doubt that all you say is true,
silr," observed tl:e spokesnll of the thiree, " but
whIat to you may1 sseem a htardship, to us is pleasure~ WN(e hlave latiedl too many a gale to milnd a
c:all)-ull of wind, and 0shou1ld think ot;urselves always
in te ca'l m latitudcs, in olne( of youtr barnracks,
whCer'e t.he'e iS nothling to do but to eat our grub,
and to marce a little fi)ore antd aft a smallj pie.e.( f
tgreent earth. We hardly kinow one end of a lnutsket t'from tilhe other'
No!' said -iorroltoghelif'e, musting; andl then
adva4ncing wvith a quick step towards them, he
cried,: in a spirited mannel.-.... " attention rightA
dr tess!)
The spe(allker, andl the Seallamn llnext hi, gazed
at the captatin in silent wonder; but the t}hird indi vidal of t} e par ty, w ho had dIrawn. himself a little aside, as if' willing to be unnoticed, or perlt'aps
po(ndering on his colndition inoluntat rily started at
this unexpected order, atn}d( erecting himself, threw
his head to the right as p)rolmptly as itf tie liad been
00 a parade l'grotlund.l(
()ho! ye are apt scholars gentlemen., and(l ye
can learn, I see" continued ilorrotuthelitlet.; I