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

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ed invention; but it ireqtirted tle officer to detect
the ottficer. r Privzates do not wear tsuch lineln as
this, \wltic;} seetiethl to mie ac t unreasonably coal
attirel, fiot' the: Se;ason; nor vlvet stoctks, withl sitveit lbuckles, nor is their( often1 thlel odotrous flavourt
of s,.:weet-seented pOnmaItuti to be discovered around
tloit grtteasy locks. In shortx, Ihot arit )both soltier
adtl officer.')
" I confess it,' said fMattlta; " I hold ( the rank
ft (altauii, andt shalt l ex)pect the treatlment ofw toie.'
thik J t I tave furnislhed you twitl \vine tit ftrt
a genler.al,' returtl d 3'orirou'}t lift ifit; i lt 1hai ve
YOUrt o(Iwn waFly. Notv it woutld I~: a;thl)ttet to
1tien,) w\lhose firulties }trd not beeln r'en(l(ere(t clear
I).y such cordials as thlis drl we.llinlg aol)n(ltteth with,
t}fhat when you officers jou(l'ey th,}, throt the isltt
clad in tihe uniifrm ineo"'ni toruni, vhicht int our
c'ase, t meas the tmarine ol)s, that soninethi:n is i't
the wintd of 11o1 tt hain usual nomleit. Sold i ersi
owe their allegiance( to thieir' p:rince, anl next to
him,, to w::ar, women,, and wine. 1f wair, tlIerIc is
1.01) ill to' reiCalll; of wmoiet:,, plcnty; butit wvine,
I regret to say, that is, good v\inte, tl-ows both
scar1ce and deatr. D)o I speak to the p:lrpose comi'tta}le
[ l'eCt(ed(' said Mamlial whose eyes Nwere nt ot
less atitcnltiv t hanl his i ars, inI at hope to d iscover
uwhther hits trule character were undlerstoo:d.
t l) avittt ill t) ai1n lngi1 1sh, tbrwar\t maItch
We:ll, then, t (he i dilfieulty lies imtv e et. en (t:: land
wine\; whi cht whlenth thez t1rei' are >r)tty, antd tIhe
latter rich, is a verTy aIgreteatble sort of an iltet'nt:t
tive. T'lhat it is ott w\il)e of whlic(h you attre ill
qtest:, I must believei tily e(o (itade captain, t t) u lt
would) not go on) the atdventure il) st('h shhabby at-I
{i.e. Youl will (x'tise m r, bWit who w;out i think
of!plttinTr aI h,' thintg b, tter thanl their Port betfbre a