The Romance of the Coast (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Romance of the CoastWhen I next saw the pilot he had fallen upon very hard times. The system of keeping privileged men had obtained great hold in the north. The privileged pilot does not need to go out and beat about at sea in search of vessels he can lie com fortably in his bed until he is signalled, and then he steps aboard without any of the trouble of competition. However good this system may be in a general way, it bears very hardly 'on the poor fellows who have to lie off for two or three days together on the chance of getting a ship. We were passing by Flamborough Head ina large steamer when the mate came down below and said, There is a pilot-boat from our town astern there, sir. The captain shouted, Tell them to stop her directly and take the coble in tow. We then blew our whistle, and the pilot-boat drew up alongside. My friend stepped aboard, and the captain said, Come away down and have some breakfast. The pilot tried to speak, but his voice broke. He said N o, I can't eat. When you passed us, we baith started to cry, and when you whistled for us, maw heart com' oot on its place, an' it'll gan back ne mair. The poor men had had no food for two days. In spite of his tragic statement, the pilot recovered, and ate avery good breakfast indeed and his boat towed astern of us till he placed us at our moorings.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.