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

to p)iclk her rice "with tht (i poin't of bet,odtin.
i'le c()aptailn drIwX a s icat n Ihlb thI coclkiSW;tii);111(,l twith a tamiliarity and titilness infi;ttely c.S 1t
tdeseltiiit, whent tie liftllrence in theirt:;Itvc "racontlitions is conlsidered, he co,0tllccllCld the fol.
lowing dialogue
" I hope you have found youlr entertainment 1o
Your l1iking Mr. a -— a I ---- must own my ignmttt.anc
Of yOut' ItitOame."'om," said the cockswain, keeping hiit s eyes
roaitng ovci the icontents of the trencherl;' cotnmoIlt.y c. alltd ilong T o(. by mly shipmal) tes."7
"You havet sailedt \witht discreet men, ani able
navigators, it will seemt as they tunideristatnd longiture so well,' ri'tjinCle(l thle a)ptain;'" ut you have
a toyri ck''ni........I would say, another namea
" Cofflin," returned the cock swain; " P inm called',ein,), w1elln there is any hurry, such ais lettilig go
the haulyardIs, or a slheet h; long'l \1' llom, when thc.
wanl. to get to w\indwlard of ant t)1( seant an, b1y
tair weatlhert; att Ii to,''o t ('lotinl whenl tlhey
wish to hail me, so that nont of nmy cousint s of
the isam name., abot i the islands, shall answer;
lir I believc. the. best mnn ameonlg talthem.icau't incasurte tmuctthl. over a fit. tlh, taking him ftrom his
inead-wvtorks tos his leelt."
You T e t are a most (ltservin't fellow,")'tield Bo
rougheliffei, " atnd it is painfiul to think to what a fate
the treachery )of 1'r. l)illon has consignet you."'1('h sutspiciions of''oiln, if he eve-r enttc tantt:ted
any, were lle o est too effectuall y by tlhe
kindness he had rece ive d, to be awakelled by thisf
equivocal lament he, therefi;re,' after ret ewint l
his intimacy witht the rul'mttiert, contented hirnself
by saying, with a satisfied simplicity.
"{ I am consigt~ned to no one, cartrying nto cargo
ou*t this Mr. Dil )t on \ who is to trive me Mr. Grt'if,