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

tier dotucle-rcef(ed topssails alone, against a hteavy
Isc. IelleIp her xwith the co'urses, p)ilot, and,onItI
shall sc5e her corne round like a (dancing-niastcr"Let its feelt thle strength of the gale firstt,' eturned! t}h}e man Who was caltled Mrti t. C-ray, mtovit-)
11itoi the sid(e of (Grifiith to th{e watlher gangltay
of tle vessel, wheret lfe sttood in silence, loo)kintg,
hea(l of the s hip, with an air of singular cool(ness
a41d abstraction.
All the lanterns lhad been extinguished on the
leeck of' thie frigate, when h}her anchor was sec...ured,
and as the first mist of' the gale had passed over,
tt w\as suceelcd by a fiint lig}ht thlat wvas "a grood(
(deat aided by' the glitteringl foatm of' the Awater.s.
which now b.)role in -white curls around the vessel,
Mn every direction.''he land could be faitIly disct)ed, r isint;g like a lteavy bank of black fog, above
thle t11margin of it wathe t,s w\,.as otnly (listititgiishable fr:lo tFe heavens by its (leep)e gloorm and obscurity.'l'iht last rope was coiled, and de(lpositeo(.
in its flproper pllace, by tAhe seamen, and itr severai
nlinutes the stillness of dleath perv)(Vade(l tlhe crowtded (devicks. It was evident t( e\tery one', that thbeir
ship was dashing at a l)prodigious latoe througll the
watves; and ass shle wvas appi'oaching, w\ith tsuch etocity, the qttarter of thte bay whretr the shoals and
d(antgert s wei\ct kno\wn to ht situated, notl}ing tbu
the habits of the most exact discipline could sup)
pl""s tihe utneasiness of the officers antid 11men withl
in theitr own bosoms. At length tihe voicte of Capt
taimn Mittunson w\as hean(ld, calling to thefi plot.' Shall I send a hxand into the chatins, M t. GCray,'
he said, " and triy out l water?"
Althoulght this question was asked u, tan)t(t
(:8e interest it: excited (ldrew maly of the ofitcers
atd mlen aroturttd himn, it etager inmpatie ntee r his
answeit, it was unhteeded })y' the man to wlthomw1 if