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

314 TILE 1IL OT.
imedley of superstitious onelns and s igos with
which it \as blttended; uit, again thfowit ng -himself
b)ack in h}is boat, he muttered........
C'then let it blow; (riffith} is worth za heavier
risk, ia:nd if' the tattery can't be cheated, it can be
carried."
Nothing furtheri passed on the state of the wera
theri. i)illont hadt not ventured a sitngle remark
since hle entter(l tihe boat, alitI the coctkswaintl had
the discretion to understmdt that his ffice'r was
willin; to he left: to h}is own thoughts. For ntat
an hlour they pursued their way wiith diligtencce
tie sinewy seuanen wh io \ ielded the oars, t1urging
their lig it boat alon" the edge of' the surtf \with
unabated veloeoi iy at l, apal) rc tly, with untired(
exerttions. ()e(asion lly), Bartlstable would acast
an inquiring, gl~ tancte lat the little inlets tfhat they
passed, o)' wouI nottt with a se amtan's eye, the
small portions of sandy beach that twere scattered
here tand there along the rocky bounldaries of tho
coast. ()One, in partieular, a deepeZt inlet than
cotmonlrt), where a run of fresh water was heard
gurg'lintg' as it mnet tile tide, he pointed out to his
cockswain, by sir"nificant, but silent gestures, as a
p)ate to be especially noted. Tornm, \ who understood the sirgnal as intended flbr his own eye talone3
made h}is observations2 on) the spot, withl equal
taciturnity, tt. with all the minuteness that wotnld
distingulish onet: ong aecustomed to find itl s way
whcthlr by land ort wateri, by landl-marks, andt
thel btearings of ldiftferent ob/.jects. Soon after this
silent comn'ni unication between the liettenant and
his. cocksw'ain, the boat was: studdenly turned, and
wvas in the act of dashing upon the1 spit of sand
befoire it, when Barns.table checked the mtoveneutf
iby his w0iCc.