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

C(tIAPTi. I XV I.
i'Pt. Very liko a wtbale.
No':.; tw isiQTA, NDNr t h)e' objec) t of their expedition Nwas of a pu}blic!te tturet the fe lin ts \N which
laid induced l both ( }iffith and I] antsitalle t o: c,colm patlY the Pilot w ith so much \Yvillitn. ess, it
will eatily be seen, l) ere etitrely;r.itoinalf.'lie
short in tercourse that hhe had ntaintaint d:VitIh hIis
atssocltaUts ea4b'leditf0( thte mysterious leader of t heir
plarty to undellrstitt the charalcters of hlis tXo o ri
cipat ofic(Tes so thortoughly, as to intltuce h}itn, \it t
h(e and:tid \with t ie purpose of reotl oiri:ttrn to
sct.er tili Xthottiler thte obejutts ofI his })Lursuit 1still
It:tl teir d t:ter ination to )assenlt)le at thel aotwpc:tinted hotr, to choose (:triflitht and t Mantal as hisi
only associatesc leavitr "i.t"arnnstfl)te iii COtl]tnin1ti ot
his own veIX sslf, to atwatit thi r. tut'rn and to( covtl
tl1it ifAtit t. \ gooad dcta o tf uagtlumelt ii ad sonlfe.
ittle of the: auitlority of his stlupertior ofilice, was
itecCiSatS to ina'ke l' nstr abslt i tietly a nc q uieseet i 1
this bat rt a {; t ut as his good sense told hlim
th at iiothia' shoutl 10 ttnnecessaril y } taza t(tt,
until tle( ioa t':tl t to strike the final lblow ha ( t otrrivi ed, het { iicame. fi!r iully moIre ries oig'ned., ta: inttl
"it' lionC'I'ei, to tc.tioi (::1-iftlht to ri.tltf.tf