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

of Seat:siXSlhi) M; atd(, c(tOnLnsCqf lttpley le 1hcl( thle littIc courtesicss antld puanctit ios of t man-of-war in{
lhiglh disd'aini. i tis peculiar duties of s tlerintCltetd.
totg tihe expenditure.. of tle ship's stores in their
so:veral (lepartnt ents; of ki.e(ig the fi igate's tlo-.
book; a1d11 of tmakig his (ilty examinattions into
the state of Ietr sails tand jttvi(I i,, brought. him so
little in collision wvith tile gay, iaugitiing, l(.etk1es,,young lt lieutenants, vwhlo sul)trinttent thfl ort(litl
nilanaggement of the vessel, that he might be said t(
-tave formed: a distinct s!)0ctis of thle- iaxlnitl,
thoughl certtainly of th e sam,-e ge nus it Is th his e
0lt1 islietl utessinmates. WhI'W.cnevecr ci rci n sta ic5s,
h}oxecctI(, requi ted that lhe sould depart flom the
dull routinae of his dltty, lie 1-)tl; itC a rule, as tr
as:: poss:ibleo, to iatSstcij-ate himself' wtith stutcl of: tielm
crewt as; possessed haalits and opinios the least. at
vai' iai- e 1 with hil 0i W ).
By a singular t t alit y, t tlle hel lnmtt of the frligate was, as respetcts associats, in a coditionl
-tnearly aI ssinixtlatedto toha tat of this, veteranl ta;r.
An e: ttrest:desire to antieliorate tIhe situation of'
those V wilt woere (d01)0(1 to meet death o),n( tl e
groat Icep, had indutced a:ttt d: erl i d sinte.pie- hearted divine to a (ccept ) t this station 1 in t
fsond Ihope t hat he nlight t e a made tile favtoued instruitent of salvation to lmIAniy, VItO were tlChe'ln oxst isa il a state of the. most abaildoned seltf-forget t i ness Neitherx ourt limits, no' (1111 fipresent
bject, xi. l PIit e rm t t le relatio ni of' tite many causes
ithat ie(l t t; 0)'l to atI enratre frustration of all I}Iis
Visiontar e ( x etItioltS, but to an issue whS t:icht4 ren-tt
dered the st ultogle of the good diviIlne vwi th 4him self
bo3th atrduotx s and omino)tus, in Irti'der to maintaini
his on Clain I to t le ti r ited distinctions of his
s,;acrcd. otithc. Ihe conscio usness of his backslidin,
la so far Itssen ed tl he ca;t hi y, if i ot th 5sjiritual