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

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noorant of the tact, it would atve appeared a s if a
thous.Xtanld monster:s \(were >emrta;ed 1t i(l deadly cornhat, l)ehiitt the ttloody unist that obstrutet(d thei
view. (tlradually, tlhese eti::{ts subsided, andt whenl
tie, d(isEoloutie(d water ag1ain Sttletf down1 to tlte
lto)n and retular viett l ot' tthe ocman, thle iisli was
sen(, exhausted, andt yieldting passivcely to its fiite.s l. if dearted, the enormotus black nl mass rolled
to one sidett, and } when tihe iite at glistenitii
skin of thte belly leeamte appi rlnt the. sea.mnl well
k:nexw that their victory was acltieved.t'( W:at's to be done nox,?"' saiu -d larsta/c, at ts
he stoodt and gt'azeti with a ditninitshe d ex_-itement
at t.teir victimn; " he' iii tl ticlf no fooi, ad his
careass will )proht.ably drift to land, a t nd filttnisn out
enemies wiih tihe oil.'' If I had }butt that creato r inll Bostolln Bay,4t od
the eoe'kswain,: it woull pirove the intllking of me1;
but sucht i; iny ltick. frt ever! Pull:.up, at any
rate, and le t me', get my harlpoon and line.......... tthe
Eitglnishi s!hattl never get thle \while o01l tolm (Coffiln can blowx'.; l)on't st)pedak too fast," said the stroklesimal (of
the}, boa0t " \\wethter he et yout it-ron or not, lhere
he(i cOtt(neS in cblase!'a
" Wlhat mtean you, fellowv' cried Barnstal tie.
" ( aptain t Barnstable can look r him selt, return'ed the setartanl a nd tell, \whether I spetak
truth."'l.he yountg sailor turnted, and saxv the Alacrity,
)ari't" ttt down i eft)ire tie x'indm wtith all liei-r sails
set, as she routtied a headland, but a short }altf
letaue to w:I i dxward of the pltace where the boat
lay.
" Pass lthat <ltss to me,"' staid thle eap)ttint with
steiadly composure. "'tis p1rominses s wor}k il
one of t\o w'ays; if s t the tarmed it lhas become,
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