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

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thxe gloom, as she movedl along, the picture of a
mass of human h~eads.
As the fie-edomt of a successfull expedition was
tmlavOidtabl)' perlnitted, loud jokes, and( louder
-merriment, broke on the sitlent wvaters, frotm tIhe
reckless seamftlen hl, ile the exhilaratinog can: passed
from hand to l(and, strange oaths, and (Ireadrift
detnuciattions a brki th at times, fr'om some
of the excited crelw against thelir cnemy At
lntr.th} the bustle of re-em: arking gradually subsided_, and many of the crew dcsccnedc to the hol)dt
of the cutter, in quest of r oom to stretch their
lijmbts, vwhen a clear mt anly oic- was hear ld risingt
tabove tthe d(ee in those strtiins that a seaman
most los oves t:o hear Air sttcce ede0(d (air, lfrom di::l
ferenlt voices, until even- the spiit of s|alrmont y
grew dull w vith faitigue, andl verses he ran to be
heard where songs were expected, and fit eting
lincs succeeded stanzasi. The decks Nvwere soon(:)
covt}ere(! witht prostrahtte men, seeking tlheir tattural
rest, tude t:he open het)avens and p)erthaps ( Ire lam.:
ing, as they yielded heavily to the rolling'4 the,
vcssel, of scenes of otheri ties in their own henisj phere.'T[he tdark t glancles of Katherine were
contcealetd bestneathl her fti li ts; and leven C(eci aii, hweith her head bowed on the shoulder ot hex
c.t$outsin, slept sw ee tly istn innoceence ant( pat:ce.
Boltrope gt'roped his way intot)0 the 1hold amongl)j thle
seamen, where, kicking one of thei m ost fotti Inat(e
(of the men from his birth, he established hlimself
in 1his pace, with} all that cool indiftrence to the
others s com(ltot, that had grown with his hi experielnce, fI'om -tte te time when he was treated thuts cavalitttrly in his own persont to tlte preset moment
In this mntartlmC, hetad wsas dtropped ater l.atfi, on
the planks, the gunst (r on whatever first of t' ri
or a pillow, until Griffith and Barn;table, alone,