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

frtigate, andl she startetl awtay fitom) het d(itgei{or
nemy with a very i rcepti ale apdvatntage in poin
of sailing.
"' T e fot rises cried Griith; e us IC
the wind f:o)r 1an our, and weti shall tuil herl Ot ot
grtlt-slhot tK'Ith It'hese Ninety's are very fast off the wind;'
returned the captain, in a low0 tone, that was ii'
tended o}nly for the ear of his firsat lieutenant
and}l the Pilot-, " and we shall have a struggle fi "
l'he quI Itick eye of the stranlger was g allcitnr
overt the movements of his enemt y, 0while lhe anl" i-ie finds we have the heels of him already'
he is makin g t, re tady, andv we shalt bhe fortunate tic
escate a broadside! Lett herf yYaw a little, Mr,
Griffithl; touch hler lightly wvith the helml; if vwe
are raked, sir, we are loSt!"
The captain sprang on the taftfail of his s}tip
wvith the activity of a younger nan, antd in an itnstant te pterceived the truith of t}te other's eonjecltu re.
Both vessels now ran tfor a few minutets, keenly
watching each other's imotions lilhke two skilful
combatants; the Enl{g tnlish ship mllsking slig ht deviations front the line of her oturse, tind then. as her
movements were anticipated by the other, tturnling as cautiously int the opposite directiont until a
suddent antld x idle sweet I of her huge bows, told the
Aimetcritts plaily in whlfich tack. to "expNect her.
Captain Munson mtade a silent, t imtprt1essive -
gestur(e~ wttl In his wlitht i as if the creisis were too i)ortant for' s tleeh, \fIticl{ indicated to the watchfitl Gilffith, the wX'ty le wished the fr igate sheered,
to asvoid trhe \ei,:l' of the impendintg (latngoerf Bot
vOssels whirled swiftly up) to the3 wind, wvitf their