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

3 6>0 TUP:I P I pl tOT.
a:e, out of thesee chops, we shatall be emb}t ayed, wilth
a hleavy north-easter settin.g dead into the l)bIht
it is tltat which I fi.tar, (.Ca})tain Blarlistat ie, J1more
thanrl all thel powder alid ball in the hvl'o,"le istlaittd."
And yet, 1'01t1, the balls arc not to. t) e,5i)ised.
t:ithle; those fellows have t-.found out tletir t' \lge
111(1t send lltheir iron wVithin hlail, azaint we walk
pretty fiast, M r. Colfin, but a thirty-two can ll outltrlavel Is, with the best w\ind that ever bc.?'.))
lToit thrtew a crsttlory glance towatrds t!he bat.icry, which had renewcd its fte with a spirit thatt
denoted they saw their o}ieji ass le answerc(............ It is never' worth a ian's twhile to strivte to
hiodlge a shot, ti:.r theyt atre all tommissiotned to tdo
their vwork, lhe sanme as a ship is eontintssioC(ned int
cruise in certain latitudes; h)ut for'lte Nwinds and
tI(: wtieaIther, they are giveni tt-r a scahintig ml' a:n.
to guartt agtinstt by mt aking orl shortellit Sail,
as the case ttay be. Now, the icadladittl to the
southwarttlad stretches futll thtree leattut:ls to witltdwad(I, attid thle shoals lie to thle norttl; among which
God kee)p us flro1t ever runnlling this lcraft again
We vwillb heat let- outt of the bight, old l1tellohx7
eriedt tihe lieutenant; xe sh all have a leg of three
lea'gue in length to do it illn.
" I lthave <,known tliger legs titoo short," rettlrne
tte coekswt ain, shaking his head t;' tiumbling
Sea, with a lee-tidte: on a tee-shore, ma-kes a stad
The li.eutienant wvas in the' cet of rteltying (o
th is sayin-g, xv ith a cheerttil! tlaugh, }whent thle
xwhistlingt of a p)assing shot was iistantly succeeded by tihe crash of splintered wood, and at
the next momttent the head of the l tmain-mast1, after
totte.ring fin't an instant in tie gale, fiell toxvard
the deck bringing wxvith it the main-sail, antd tile