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

'TI-E PILOT. 509
tiny, were otbservedt by tile younger officcrs, to ibe
Ihel b)etwveent their c(aptain, the irst lieutearit, tiand
the mysterious Pilot. The latter threw timany aill
alxiottus latce alontlg the tastenfl hlorizon, searching it m1inutely with his glass, andl thlen would turn
tis ilmpatint looks at tile low, dense bank of t,owlttcll stretching across tie ocetan like a barrier
of cloudl entfirely intercepted the view t)owiartds
ttle southr. T Sthe north andi along the latd, thie
air was clear, and the sea without a spot of any
kind; but in the east t smtall white sail had btteen
discovered since the opening of dtay, w}}lich was
gradually risintg alove the water, and assumling the
ati)carance of a vessel of sotme size. (tvery oflSiccr onl the quartert-delk it) lhis turn had edxamined
th}ts distant sailt atndl had ventured an opinion 1) On
it:s'destination and charact'er; and even Katherine,
wvho with iher cousin was ei[joyingl, in the open air,
tihe novel beauties of the oceantl, had been tempted
to place her sparkling eye to a glass, to gaze at the
stranger.
"' It is a collie:, (4rith said," who has hauled
from the land ini tile late gale, and who is lutlling
up to his co(titse againl. If the wind iholds here itn
the itlhohlr and hle doues not get into that fotg ank,
we can standt o ff tr him and get a Sul)ply of titel
betfote sight hbells are sttruck."
- I think his }head is to the northward, aitl that
the: is steerming' off the wtit,)" returned the Pilfit. it
a tnlusintg mtartle. If that:I)llon succeeded int
gett itn his expriess far enough along the coast, the
alatri l l( fhas een sprtead, and we jmust } )e w ary.
lthe convoy of the 13attic trade is in the Northl
Sea ttti newl s tof our presence could easily have
been talken toff to it by sonic of the cutters that litle
the coast I... could wish to get tile ship as fat southt
as tihe Hf elder''