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

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0ong Tom wtrose forom his erou luing attitude in tlhe
stern s;heets, and t ranestrred his hugle firi to tlhe
boxws of the boat, whe(.re Ithe made suehl p)rep:raa.
tiuns to striikte the twhale as thle occasion ret(t1uired
1th'e tuil) folnt. attIil*111 a1o)l1t taltf of a \ivral(,-!inter \W as
plttated at thlte fiet tof baist lea, \ho hta(t i:h i hen pit
alt'i'' in oar tio stmer with, in ptatce of the rtuIder
whieh wl as unshipt tt in order that, if netcessary tt'
tite boa1 mirrrit itgt ht rt hir c ( ioutd, wtiic( tinot adva"lCi t.
T;'(.'tir 1 foaefll \was utterly unnoticed by th t
mtonster of the ():l deep, wiro etontinued to tamlstles lh im- }
self' with} thcrowing the wate in twi o tircular spouts,
tigh into Ithe air, easionallti flo)uristilng the b)road
flukes of ht.is tail with a graceft but tnerrifie rtl{ce,
urntil the hardy samecnvc(t rwer within a f'w hundred
fi~ et of limt, whe.n hte suddently etst hirs head (lo)wnwtard, ant d witWho a app aItarent' flort.l reared his
imnlensce nt l od fior m ny ti(.x ft.ibove the water,
wa'vinrr Inis tail violently, and produeinri, a whizzing
noise, thiat souirnded like the rushintg of winds.
T'lh cot (ksix stood e(rt, ol Iis }hattrpoon,
ready fir1 tle bh)ow,; but when lhre l.)held the ereature assumre tils fiOmiidale atttttude, he waved his
hiand to his cornrnalder, who irnstantly swirlrttd to
hits mnl: to ceasse rowing. In tills situaltion the
SlOl tsm iten rs ted a fi' w imomrents, whle the whale
st ruck steveral blows on tte \water, in tapi t sut cession, tlte noise(c oft which re-ecmt ed alcng the cliA,2t
itike the hollow reports of so many cannon. A. ftcr
thlis wan:toti0 e xili)ition of hiis territble stretrgth, thle
imonstc.r surnk atain into his native element, and
slowly tlisap))( retltcl ftrim the eyes of his pursu)'tlers.
"'lhieh way (litd he h1ead,''ori?"' cr'ied Barnsti ale, t.e morinnet the whale iwas out of sifg.ht.
P |!retty Itmulh t ar d d(own\ sir,ll returned the,oAswaisn, whose eye was gradually britightetning
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