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

bit TH1 PILOtJ
in aseertaining the rank of the otIher, had not
(teemied it at all necess9ary to a.sk his name, but
vwhetn tVhe redt-faed, comical-loooking officer wvith
one letg, who met lhim, was introduceld as Major
Borroughcldiflc, hle had not the least difficulty in
recallint to recollection his quondam acquaintancte
of St. Ruthl. Thie intercourse betweenl these wvoIr
th-ies was renewed Awith remxarlkable gusto, and at
ltength arrived to so regular a pass, that a log cabin
was erected on one of the islands in the rivelr, as a
sort of nenutral territory, wheret their feastings and
revels miglht be held without any scandal to thet
disciptline of their respective garrisonls. Here the
qualitits of many a salddle of savory venison were
discussed, togetiher wvith those of sundry pleasant
fowls, as vwell as of divers strange beasts that inlhabit those western wilds, while, at the same time,
t)h.e secret })laces of tlhe broad river were vtexed
that nothing mnight be'wvanting that could contribute
to the pleast-ures of their banquets. A most equita.
ble levy was regularly made on their respective
pockets, to sustain thle foreign expenses of thlis amicable wvararea, and a sutitabl:e division of labour vwas
also imposed on the two Commandants, in order
to procure sr-ch articles of eomfort as wvere only to
ibe obtained froml those portions of t}lhe globe whetcre
tire art of mian lhad made a lnearer approach to the
bolmties of nature than in the vicinity of their
fortifications. All liquids in which ttmalt formed tan
ingredient, as welt tas the deep-coloured wines of
Oporto, wvere suflferttd to enter t:he Gulf of St. Lawreuce, and wtere ma(de to fitnd tleir walt, under tthe
superintendence of Borrougheli9itfe, to their destined
goal; btut IMNanual was, solely, enutrusted( with tlhe
more tmpotanlt duty of providing the genertous liquor of Madeira, without any other restriction en
lhis judgment, than an occasional injunction fromh