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

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gros:s of the niariners, it seemed to sftk in thie boson of the: oatin), the land Iraing lomr befoie sett
t fled into its Awatery bed Al l nht tile ftiatOe co-tt
titued to dash throutil thle s eas with a sort of Msti.-.
len silence, that was.soothinor to the mel tantcholy
of C(ectlia antd K(attherine, neither of' whlom Ctlost
al eye duringt that gloony period. In addition to
thte scene they ha(d \witnessed, their feclit`ngs were
hIatrowed by the!knowledge that, in conttfirmity to
the neessary ptlanS f (fril'tlt tih and in conmplitance
\vith th.e new duties he had assutmed they were(,
to separate in thl(e 0t'morntSing for an indefinite period,
antl pjossiblly for ever.
Wit h t'he appearance of light, the boaatswain sent
1tis rog tllt summons throulh thl vessel a.nd tihe
crewr were collceted in soltiemni sitene in n her lgang —,
ways, to'bury tie dead.''The bodies of ol0tt.rope, o)f otle or twt.o off hert inferior o)fiel'ls, anti of
severtal coll1mmt-on.l men wh?}}Io had died of their wotunds
}in ni }; h, t were xvith tihe t sua l tformait t tiie s, ic1tmttetad to the(. deep); w\he\l thet yards of the shiip
W\ter aitgatin btr aced by tie(a wind:, and sh}e glided
tIonm thile t.ractless Nwv;aste, leavint no mctnemor'iatl int
the IImitdst of tfhe e;ve'r-ro' inl(g waters, to marlk the
place of tiheir sepufttltre.
Whenll the suln. had gained the mer'idian the yes
sels wxere:e otrce more hove-to,.and the p-epaations were made for a final sepQrtation. T'hee hodvly
of Colont.l If ow ard xas t ransfterre d to the Alacri
ty, whith.er it swas followed by G(rilitih and Ihis
eheet-ess b.ride, while Katherine hung fbndl y iirotni
a windlow of t. he ship, sullfftri ng her own scaldini
te.ars t{o tmitile with the brint e of the oce(tI Aft tt
every thint', was arrtnged, (Griflith waved his itthand
to alrinstatale, who had I.now succeeded to tohe cai.
iattntd of the frigate, atid the yardts of theb l at ter
were blra Aed sharp to the vwinid, wthen she ptceetd