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

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Ay, (I'ritlithi has tired of cn in his i
e0t ciadTllt. he 1) nuti wttterted, "11a will i
to the figate, when N we oug(ht to o eting
schooneir out of tis hald-featud iadscap. this
is just sueh a place as one of your sighig lovs
would do(at on; a littleIa lan wt, a a
otoo deal of rock. )Da long om, ut I a
more than halft' of you min, that island now
and t1hen is) all the tera fira that s
t)e C. 1 S.'>
It's reason and phl losophy S etnrnd the
se(dat eC eoaks in d what lAnl ther is, shol
lways )e a soft mud.tt or a sandy ooze ole
that an alchor inht hold ad to mak-e soundi){st
saitin. j have lost nit'lny a deep-sea, besides and
eatlas, 1'y the dozens on cy bottoms ut Ve
me the roadstead whcere a 1l( io i- nes 1)J) l and
an anc} or heavy. Thr l i's a 1)ot pu)iilng athwart
our fbr e-foAt ( t -)f t - in 13tnsiall; shall 1 run3 her
aboar<11d or eive he'r a bir-th, sir?'
"Illf'is thre hl'ar4vc cried,1 thle offhieetr Ned haswflot:( te Irted( Tinc af'tcr all!'
A1011(l11hail. 1101))I the apwahing- hoat cnim
a~d this opinion, and, in a fewv secondls, the irg
00r(1 whale-hoot wvere ag ain rollinge by each other's
sale. (Itilflit h wvas n)0 Ion er rotl ohnig onl the etili4ions-> of his seats, hot 5f)okie earneistly, and wvith a'
slOigt tone of1 reproach inl his mannerIII(.
Why have you wvasted so many preciouls )M(.
men01ts, wlhoi evei'' )nntte. throattiis uts will ) iW\
dangers.' i ws oheying. tile Sienitl, hut I he1ar-d
yott oas, itid pulled back. to take out thle pilot.
I1lave yotu li-e)) sutt,,ocssful?")
T'hoet hie is tand if 1)0 finsl)(81is wvay out,
dhlroutrh 11)0 sho.)al's 1)0 will earn a riorrht to hips
lmOe.'This bids fair. to 1)0 If ni(Aht wbe~ lln 1a man
0
wvill need a spy-,glass to find the moon. But. wheln