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

(CHAPTER I...-.:e. " A horseman's coat shatt hti
Thy trear shap d icolnmincs, of sido;
And wvit: ta bolder strido ft; 1loosa:r air,
Mtingled wilhls mai, a man lthou.irist appar."
Priv
WVuHrN- t1he whaleA1)oaOt obtatined the 1lositilon we
Iave dese-ribed, the yoUngr lieutenant, who, ill
costequenctc e of eoteiafitlnding a Scholloe \\was
usuWally addtrcssed 1y tlhe title of captain) stepp)ed
onl the rockls followed by the youthtful tmidshipman, wvo had ( quitted the lxargc, to aid in thle ha
zardous duty of their exp)cdition.
C This is, at best, but a Jacob's ladder we have
to climhtb said Barl-stable, castiang hii's eyes upWardls at the diticult ascent, "and it's by n1o means
certaint that we shall be well rcceived, when wve
get up, though we s1ould even reacl the tohp."'We aret utnder the gunsts of the f6igatt," te,
turned the boy; Cand( you r cmelmbcer, s ir, tthree
oar blades and a pistol, -repeated fiomtl the barge,
will (rawY -lelt fire11."
" Yes, on our otWn heads. Boy, never be1) so
foolish as to trust a long shot. It makes a great
smoke0( and some 110ise, but it's a terrible uneertait:
manne of throwing old01 ironl about. In such a bu.t
intess as this, I would s oonel trust T'om1l (Cofin
and 1his harpoon to back le, thall thle test brioad