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

ttily to its pt:wwer, she^ f'ell oftl on the other tack,
with helr headt poinltetl ft[ron those: (danttgert'olS sl(hoaI
tlhat slt' had so ict ntly a)p(t(acttte t ( w ith such ter:l
riitrm.n g velocity. t'lle hteavry y ards swunllt routlnd,
as if they 1had:et n valles to indtticte the curre'tl ts
of t-he air, ali in a tfew momen ts the t frigate again
mt^oved, w ith stttIl pritiress, thteiytgh thoe wal stt.er
lteaving t c te oe Iand shoals behind hert oil o01e
sitle (t1' the,)ay, })lt advatncinlt towards thlose that
o1fe red e tjqua tita ne l t the otltftr.
I)urinit this tilme the st'a was lweeomin',e motre
(.A..' i'.
a. i tatt ed, and( thle viofel.:net e of the wind was gradually
increasintg,'l'{11 latter no loinger vhistIed adinid
thle cord(lag(e of thle vessel, but it seemedt t: t howl,
stirlily, as it passedt the cotlieatedt machin i ryi ta
Othe MvtisSte otrutrtifetl on its piath. Aii ({i!ltdess stlt'c(.ssion oft white surgrs rose a )bove the heavv xbillows,
and the very air was itterilng w\ith thte lih lt t at
wasi disent ated from the ocean.'.l'ie ship,yihled, eacth inomei it, norte and more e })etfort ( th te
st oii, *and iti less thtan half an lour fhrom the fl itc
th-at. she hatd lifited: lite anclthor, shte was driv\en
talottng with trel::itmcl(ous fiury hy the fiefll poxver of a
late otf win{f. Stil, the hardy and extfmrienced
n-.ianerns Nwho thi ed h(r t ovel m nA(. l ts lt d(: her
to' th}(e. coli:;rse that waits t o!ecvssaly' to(: tei, l }itreserva
tion, antI still (riffith;.ave fortht, when directed( l:v
their uhtl;,lown pilot, t{h(ose o(rders th.at turned }he(t
in the natrrot channel where safti!,t y was alone to
be fitoutnd.
So fitr, thte p.e:rfori:mance of h}is duty i app)earedt
easyr to hte stranger, and lie gave tfle retlird ( directions in s still, calm tones, that formcnd so
etntrlcah)le a con tralst. to the resplonsibility of his
8stuatioti. I)itut t'whenl the landi wtas t e.)com11inltng. dim,;) distance as w ll tas darkness, antti t:le agitated
tea alone was to he. discovered as it: Sweptl:t by thelml