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

tou. l ine of toprn ast tthat had oCfe i)e at intr tihe
cnmbicns of Atmerica, as the cockswai\ htt ad exltpressed it, mong the stars of thoe h;eavens.
c Tha t was a most unlucky hit!I,' Dainstable
suffeCfed to escape hilt, in tile collcernt of the ntoment; hlut, instantly resuming all his colItlect
edlitess of manmeri and voice, he gave his order
to clear the wtreck], and secure the flutteritttn (tal -
VslStS:,
iT'le mIlournfult orlctodtlins of TOm s1eemedtt to
vanishl wvith the tapptearance of ta leUessity {01' his
exertions and }te was foremost among the crvtew1
iin exec-utingr the orders of th]ir comltanttld(r.::
Theli tloss of all the sail on the main-mast fiorcced
the.Ariel s(.,o much fr'omi her course, as to ret(tdert
it. ditlieidt to weather thle point, that jltted', under
her lee, fo)t So)lle distance into the oeean.'l} his
desirablet objett wtas, however f4et. ed,,hby the
skill of Marnstabti; aided by tle exce!lent,.t )properties of his vessel; and the schoot er,t,lortle
dcown by the pow\er of the gaile, fiom whose( fuiry
she had lnow t(.) proteetion, piassed heavily alontji
the landt heading, as flur as p)ssihie, trom the
breakers whtlile the seamen weere engaged: inf
making thteir pl)reparations to display as much of
their tain-sail, ats the stump of thle m}last'outtl.
allow them to spj:read. The firing tfrom the hatt
tery (.t: sea, as the Amriel rounded the little ttptt
tonltory; N. t Bltarnstatlet who\'t gaz:e was now
Itent intently ont the oceanl, soon t)e rceived( that, as
his cecks.wail) had it'redicted, hlie had a mur-ch more
threatening dangeir to encounter, in tle element;s.
Whlen their damages were repa ired,.so far as
ctrwcumstantlcs would permit, the cockslwail r'eturnted to his Nwonte:d station near the lieutellant,
aMl after a momentary p)atse, during whiclh his
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