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

,11NI,: P1 LOT1 500:thie heavens, like balls of twinkling firel But now
it st-eakl of pale lightt showed itself aloio d tihe
hori1zon, growing brighter, and xvidening, at each
lntment,1 until. longo fileecy cvloud(s hbee>llame visibles
where nothinf'ha: beentl steen hbeflore t)utt the (diin
batse of the arch that overhung the:lark waters,'lis exjaliding light, whicht, iin appearance, might
be Coi0l)ared to a silvery ojpenitg inl the heavens,
was: soon:: tinged Awith a pale flush, which quictkened wit sudttllen transitions, into glows yet
deeper, until la belt of: road: flamt e bou nded t. he
water, difutsing it self morle fiii: itly towards the
zelnitht, xvwhere it melted into the tearl-eoloutre(l
sky, or plafyedI on the fantastic volumlies of a fi.t.w
higltt: tclouds wNith inconstant,diintmc)e rtin Whle'l
tlhese teautif-utl transitions were still befi t e the
eyes of the youthfult admir(ers of tlheir beauties, a
vo.ice was heard above them, crying as if fiom t. he
( S ail.. I ho The itmate:lies broad off to sea.
ward, sir!"
c Ay ay; you hlave, been watching with' one
eye asl.eep) ifeltow," re.et tilem d (irftli th, " or we
should have heard y'ou befotre! tI.oot k a little nortt}
of: the.- placte whNOere, the glare of the sun: is coning,
AMiss:ltowdenl-and you will be aible to see otur
gallant vessel."
A n itvoluntary ery of pleatsure buist friom the
lipls of -Ka1therine, as sh}et followed his d(lireetitons)
d 1f t'irst beheld the friigate throulgh thel mnediumi- of
the fluctuating eol ours of thle morning.'i " he undutatitng outlile of the lazy oceani, which rose at
feil he avily:algainst the bright i boundtary of tlhe
1heavetns, was withtout any re iet' to distract tIhe
eye, as it fed eagerly on'! the beau ties of the soit:ary ship. She was riding tsluggis hly on the long
seas, with only two of ht r lower and smaller" sails