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

630 run; om~.,ot
and the fetw unil-mporttant ropes only that w\ere cutt
he replied to the uproar tt ith a hbarst of tleasurtte
A kfew meln were however seen ctliing with wvild
fi(elzgy to tihe rotrdlage, dropping fi.omt ope to ) rope
like wounded birdl s fluttering through a tree, until
lthey.fi1I heavily ipnto tlte ocean,t the sullen: shiIp
sweeping —'by t. hemll)n coh, i CO indilerence. At the
next instant thte sparis and masts of their etlnemy
exhibited( a dis>play of men similar to their owntt
\whlen (Iriilith againt placed the t rumpet to htis
mouth, and iX: Souted aloudt, (ivte it to| tthemn; drive them ft'om their yards,
boys; scatter then with your g raipe.unreeve
The crew of the American vanted ut little encourat;temenlet to enter on this experiment \witlh
hearty' gr:ood wtwill, and the close of his cheering
word: s were utt!ered amulid thle deafenilng roar of' his
ownlV Canottno. T'1i 1. ilot had, howlever, mitsta(1ken
tile skill and resadinless of' their foe, for notwith.-:
stamdiint the disadv antagcous circumstances uitideta
which tihe Cl ngtishmanut itcreased his sail, tihe Itduty
twas steaditly and dexterously p)ertlrmedlt'the two ships were now running irapidly on
i\1'llel lines,s hurlin-ti at each other their instruients o)f festruction, wit fturious industry, and
with severe and certain loss to both, thollugh wvith
tno tmanifest at(vantage in favour of either. 1Both
('11ift:ith antl the Pilot il itnessed with de)ep cOlcern thlis unexpected (defet of ttheir hopes, foil they
toultdtI not: cotnceal froom themselves, t hat ea1h mIoment lesseed their velocity through tile Xwater,.as the shot of their e Inemy strip)tedl the canvass
froml the yards, or dashed aside thte lighter spars
in thei t:errible progress.
0t We lind t:outl eqtual here!" said GiriTthl to tthte