Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 384
and, as the sun goes down,a sail is made out ahead — a little schooner,with a big black number painted on her main-sail. That number marks her as a pilot-boat;and, even had it not been seen before dark, an-other sign tells her character after dark — abright, white light which flares up at her… … FIRE ISLAND LIGHT. ing a pilot on each incoming ship they meet,until none is left, when they return for more.Each pilot thus placed on board ship takes hersafely into port, and then goes out again on thefirst pilot-boat he can catch. Sometimes theselittle schooners cruise several hundred milesfrom…
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