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

the A.becy while li\s eotnpa lioin'was rcconnoitri'tig ho. ——. use. Ilt t wias the st'rolg d(sie of i!it'(-t
fith to ctmildy wvitlh this inljlunction, wthich carriedl
thCem a little out of' their p)roperi patltl, atl led to th
consequences that ve htave partly iciated. Ti le
tevening of that dayt was thle time lwh en the!Pilot
intended to complete hiS ctc'rtprise, thinking to
entrtap his. game while enjoyiig tlhe fiestivities
that usually succeteded their sports, i:ttnd an car'ly
houirt in the mornin' was appointed \lwhen' altrn
stable should al tpear' at the nearest p)ointt to the At-h
Iey,~ to ake oilff his countttr n l oti rder that thle)'
niiight be as little as possibl* stujl()ccetcd to tOhe gatze
of' their ene-ies by da'y-light. I tfhtey t t xhiled to aryive at the apoinltedt timnto, his iitstrtleti.ons W(ere'
to i(ctutr to his sct:hoonerl wh lltc h r y snugly cin
tayed in a seri'et and retiredt dtav ttn tha lt b fte;
ever apoacht' cit(her by (l and \ water.'\'liie the yAoung) cornet: still continued gaziMng
at: the wh\ale.b)oat, ('oi' it w\as, thle )arty i-from the
schootnel that he saw,) t ile hour expire'd for the appearatnce of (.t'rifiithth aitl htis cotnpanlion's, anmd.tatntlstable, reluctantly tetlermined to comply \ith the
let te of his itsttructiots, an(t leave lhem to their
ow n sag acity and skill to regain the &Arie1l The
b.at tad b)cen ( tl vflt'e1ed to ride. it) the edge of the
sr1'; since the appearance of the SUtl, aind tihe eyes
of hert crew- were.t. kept anxiously fixed on the clitls,
thotugh in v*ain, to discover thle signal that w'was to
ctal t Ihem to the )li( of landting. A fter looking at
his watch or tthe twe ntlieth timet nd al s often cast-s
ing glances of untetasty (distisatitu.tion towar(tdrs the
shore, the lieutenant exelaimed -..et —----' A charming tprospeet, t}is, MaTster Cotini,
buit rather too iilitt poetry in it fn' your taste; I
believet you relish no land that is of a harder consisteney than mittld -'