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

:'215e i LoT, 26.$.t1ueitty, aero8ss 1his biac(tkened an(d bioodttained
trow1, w hitle his eyes would riSe to et'xamliti the
vast ('ttiol)~' 0o si(>tre ttIat was hove'rtiig above tlie
Vessels, like a Sdense o fi.. exi a i t- tt; twinx, t the o{tean,
T'e resul t t t hfis (tI{iliberations was s soon alntt n to ntt:e
to }his cttrew.
ant t l down alptl your fltagS'" hhe tried; { set thce
i;njglisiltt n's.olours a)t;ai, and stow the enetmy'
Ft'twll;sh:tnt- ttal ~ l ts', itll th.t Ariecu"
jack Tabovo our ensi(gn:: ) tihe A riel.''
i't}e na)peaanetle}'aI o(f t:te \tv Iolt (':h.ial)elt-fleet Wit tlin balf i'unll shlot would nOt have oceasionet( noiol'
astontishmeni t atmto tie victoris, than this extraorditnart-vy attzlite. r'e wondetttlte t1i m, seamt en suspende(d their several empl:toymevnts, to gaze at tile
sigitla r change:l el that was making iHIthe filat s tthose''
St'lmbols thaIlit verle:tf vie txevt'v i iith a sot of tl''t'' rverI-enIce
}itt 1t10ne irestt uei i (.t eomnnfent tpetldy on the proe:edtire exeeptt lon.l- intlt, who stood ont th(em quarter-deek of t}het i'ize/, straig itettingt the pliable iron
of' thle harpoon vivieh h}e h}ad reeoveiredt, \with as
ittlch Cttl(:! f } d ili' t ltnce ts i' it \e'e t ne)e ssary t)
tie tmiaintenance of' their tttorttiest. l aike tile otheIrs,
hiowe\ veir, li suspe dred his enp oyrnent, }hen hl e
heard( this order, and manlifested no relu(ctance to
express hiis dliss(ati stfaction at tt:e measure.
1'.f the: Ei1:'nglishtmei ftintble at the t glh( t, ti
t~itk. it not fitir )l"ay' i mutlterted the o c:0tl;kswain:tt,'let us try it. ov( a!r agin, sir; as they are sot(me-t
tVlat short of }handl, lhev'y an sendt a boat to the
tat nd:, and tg:,et offt ag,, tlof thenl l azy riptyles, th} e(
s:otdiers, wtthl stand tli i:ok)t at us, like so man ltls
r'ed lizards c rawlin_ on at beaet tl and wve'll tive
t}em another c hain(; but (tfi timme it' I:seo tile tlso:)f whip)pingi then, if this is to be tle bettetr tend of
the matte r."l
" What's tflat you're grutnbliing there, like a