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

away,'" \were'(ret.a(ctt1 by la hui t from fifty voices
tt)d tl( rapid e\volutions of thte ca)stan anntttounced
thatl nothing; but tIle weighlt of' thie'th1101tr Was to be
1ifte(. IThe haulim., of cordagce the rattfing of
bloeks, lIlen de( wNith the shtrill calls of tlhe boat
swain and!tis mattes, su.cctede;(l and thioug to <a
lantsmaln all would, harve aplpeared eonfiusion andt
hurry, ltong piractice tand strict dtiscipline enablet d
thte ctrew to exhibit thteir sthip ntdert a eloud of c(ian
v as, ofi'om ot ecr (Ick to the t'ucks, it) less: time than11)
NW have Co} t 1suiflelt d i rellatin,; it..l'or a fti:w mtitutes, tie offlicrs were not: disaliointett by t'e re.sultt, fior though th-e heavy sails
flapped)l lazily' against tlhe rmasts, the lig{ht (t ckl olt
t1te loftieri s)ars swelled otttwardly, and the ship)
l)etatn s.ensibly to yield to tlheir iflttuene.
" She ttrave'ls! s8let travIels!'' exelaimed (Crif
fith, joyously; all! tthe) Itissy she thas as ultcht
antipathyt to the land as anly fish that swims' it blows
a little giale aloft, yet!"
" We fie.el its (Iling b)reath," said tile pilot, inT
tlow, sootlttin; tonies, b1tt in a tmantner so sutldettn as
to startle Grillitth, at wilose (elow. they wtere 1unex)-ectedly uttet-ed. "' Iet us fiorget, young tliln,
evcty tthing butt the nutiber of lixes thlat dfepentd,
thits nigt:ht, o, n Your exirtions (and tly knowl(edge."
" f you be h)ut half as lablet to exhibit thlte one,
as I am wivlling to make the other1', we shall (10
well," elturned the Cluftenanlt, in t(l1e same tone.
( i{.mlembell,,lwheatever nay )t your feielinvgs, that
We aretl on an il.. hen y's coast, antd love it not etno1ut l
o wish to lax' our. bones the t e."
With this britl exjs)tlana{io they sep)tarated, the
vessel re(tuiit'in tl(he constant an1l close attention'
of' the olfieer to Iter motvelt e3n1ts.'l'he exultatiott pr odu(Itcedl in the eretw by the
t)rogress of tlteir ship throug'h thle water'was of
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