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

THE PILOT, 549
ed to the dangerous experiment of forcing her way
to tile shorcs of America, by attcem)pting the pass
of: tlhe streights of i)over, and runningc thlet gOatt....
let throutag the English ships thlat crowded theiir
own channel;: ua ndertt akltg, howeveitr for which
she rhad tlhe successful exampklle of the Alliance ftriwe,,t whvich had b)orne the stars of America along t:he
satme hazardous pathl but a few months )prviousl'InX the meanwhile the Alacrity, stAeerin g more to
thle est, d(rew in swiftly towards the shoes of'
Hiiollad, a:lnd abolt an hourl before the setting of
tie sulln, had aproached so nigh as to he once morer
hove into the wind, in obedience to the Inan(tlate
of (Gfriffith. A small light bo:at wvas lowered inlte
(the. sea, lwhenl the youtrng saitor, and thle pilot, who
htad fotund his way into the cutter utnhleeded, and
atlmostt unseen, atscended friom the small cabin together.'l'ie strangetr glanced his eyes along the
range of (coast, as if lie would ascetrtain the exact.
)position of tihe vessetl, tdt thntund thettm on tlhe
sea and tihe westct:elrn horizon to seCan thle weather.
F:idilng nothil:i in the app)earancei ofI tihe lattetr to
inlduce( him to chtange his dletrmintlationt, tl olercied
hi S h an fdriankl y to ('rilfith, and said --—.
" i-cre we part. As ourt acqutaitance has not
led to all We w rished, let it be yout t:ask, si8, to forlget we evePr:net.'
CGriifitll bowed respectfully, but in silence, \whl
the otlother conttinuedl shlaking his hand conl -tttumtsly tow\ards the land........
H Had I but. a itiety of the navy of that (ege.nerat e repubbic t:he proudest amongtp those 11haught'y
islaInders should trelmble ill his castle, and bes tmade
to feel there is no security against a fioe that trusts
his own strength and k-tnows\ the -wcakness, of his'.my!Pt But," he) mutttered iny a lowerl and m1Yore.
hurried voice, " this has been like Liverp:0ol, anld