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

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martine, and with a much more d(isheartetninu eflYeet
"'m sure it. would have been a great waste oft
time; there are so many Jchiarts. oft' the coast, and
bookls on the lttnavig ation of these seas, for him to
study, that sincereltt y holh lie thas been muteh )ettr eml( h'ployed.)
A lou1(t lattih was created at this speech ainmout0
t11e listeltners: and it apptarently lproduced the etfeet that w\as so lotr atlsxiously desirld, by )tttin;an end to tlet mystcitous con krntce betwee: thleir
captain and th le it. As t he lobrmer caine tflr
ward towardsl his expecting ctew, hei( staid, in tti e}
ctnposed, steadty imalnner, tthat tbrted thle )rinltcip)al trait in his character~.
(let tthe anchloetr, Ntt'. G'ritflth, anh) d mnaike sail ont
thie ship; the hCou r ias arrivld wheln w e must be
t'llhe chlfeertil " ay! ay t sir!' of thle young
liceutentant wnas hardly uttered, before thle cries of,tall' a dozen midsI)ipmnen were ic heard sutmlnmoni)ng
thei boatswain and his tmates to their duty.
There was a feneral i'vement in the ln'ivg
tmass'es that clustered arouttll the umaint)tst, on the
booms, and in the gangways, thoughtl ttheir hablits
o. discipline helt tlhe crew a llOlment lo "eltrt int
susti)nse. [lie silence wars fit'st broken by tlhe
8sontid of the boat.rwtswain's Vwlhist e) followesd by the
hoarse cry of " all handts, tup anchor t ahoy i".. —. tlhe
ftlrmetr rising on the night air, frlom its tist low:
mellow notes, to a pierc.:ilg shrillnessi tint traditally died away oi the wCaters; anll the latter betlowit g through every ctranny of thi ship, like trhe
hol0low rttlitlturs of distantt ltlund(ier.
The chan ge J)roducted by the customary sut}-.
inois was marical. Iuinan hleings spran.g out fom
motns was titag }}\i. ie tt n~a~:,l(.~al. i'luman fi,...
between the g s, ti ruslied up) the hat'chs, tl rewi,
henmselvees with careless activity friom the booms.