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

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wafted to their ears, the shot was seen skipping
frot wave to wave, tossingl the water in spray
and flyin: g to a consitder lf e distalnce beyond tl tln.
t''he sca-tmten cast ctutsorty glances in tle odirtetitntl
)f tl;et t'a't asioi n, b lltbut it nrodctted no manifei.st ei'
et i ii t ii Ilr tlheir conduc t atpp) aratle. tie
cockswain, who scaniled its ralnge wilth an' eye. of
more ptract ice th the t rest, obser('ed, <'.l'hats
a lively piece for its metal, tand it speaks with a
good cl(ealt oice; )but if they), hear it taboard t t
Ariel, thoe man who tired it will be sorrly it wasnt't
" You tartte the prince of',hilosophet.) s, N Master
C(oftlni!'' crie(d I!tt a nstabtle;; tlhtre is somle i)ipe
itt that; let thle tnrlishlan talk way, and yti
lifit oni it:, tlhe Ariels don't believe it is thundetr;
iaid ieat musket-.........it!'L (Iraw another shot''
The pfie..ce wats given' to 1ilarntstatt le:, lho tisnltarte.(t it sevcral tinm:is,- as if to taunt tllheir cne01 is, 0(1 the sc..he'( \e twas uottplettely successiful.
tloaded by tl:.te inslttlis, thet t l'.ltttr (is(hart'lf tguntlc
ait Iter guin at tle; little t:oat, t II ro inw the:shdot fi.cftquentlt so near as to) tw et I}Ier c ew with thi s}ra",t
mit witihot iitnr thren in) the:least.'t l tc ft ilti: of(t' these: atttcnitts to injule themlit excited te,
1itit0 ofi tle r (cklet(ss seaircn, inste'ad oft rceatii
any ailar; andl whu} i c ev t: shlot ce:;t tnearer tIllan
e: Inni:on, ( the co<ekswain woul d tt 1tier so$0e sttuch
A\ g outtnd swttl, a tlog sltoo and a sm all oh. t.i:ctf, mtake a clhi t;rget t; ot1', o " k Illaft ttttl msl iiit straig1t' to hit a boat.'
As, notxt itli'stan iiigti tlhei r utt successfiul gi:l:ntt'y,
th<:?. cutter tvas constt;-ntv..:;airi oa n t' l l- aeI)at, tlteru.?. tas a (rospec(t t of a s tc y terSnin2ttif
f' the t has!:, tvslin t I tI. rcort 1f a Ctl:0on l was S
tQ. xrni t tt -ti Et tX') CC thceco firomlt o o)' th iXI r I1;:t