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

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behtalf, butt wvas suttficientftly good-nlatured to wink
at tihe want of confidence it betrayed in his boon
companioU1nl111). Ot) one unhtala)py occasiont when the
disc8ssions of a new itportation had lmade a hetavy
itroad on the morning, Manual left the hut to make
his wNvay towardsl( his picket, in such a state of utter
mlental aberration, as to forget tlhe countersign
when challenged by a sentinel, when, unhappily,
ne nmet his death by a shot firom a soldier, whom
he drilled to such an exquisite state of insensibllity, that the man cared )but little whether he kitlled fitcnd or enemy, so long as lhe kept within
military usage, and the hallowed limits established
b)y the articles of w\ar. t He lived long enough,
howtevr, to commend the fellow for the deed, and
died while delieveringl an culogiutml to Borroughtt
elifle on the high state of perfection to which lhe
lad btroulght hfis colmm1tand!
About ai year b)efore thits mehlancholy event, a
quarter cask of wine had been duly ordered from
the South side of the island of Madeira, which
was. at tihe death of Manual, toilintg its wNteary -way
up the.- rapids of the Mississippi anld the 01hio;
having b)een umade to enter by the port of iNew
Orleans, with the intention of keeping it as long
-s Possible under a: genial sun't The rutimely
fate of lis friend imposed oni Borrougheliffe tlhe
necessity of attendling to this preious reliek of
thelir mutual tastes; and h e procure d a le ave
of absence from his superior, with tlhe laudable
desire to proceed d(own the, streams and s)upe)rit
telnd its farthler advance iln person.'I'the resultt
of his zeal was a higl fever, that set in trhe day
after ble reacted his treasure, and as the doctor
and thle majol espouxsed different tlheoriles, in
treating a disorder so dangerous in that climate;
the one advising abstemiousness, and tihe other ad