The Sea-Lions: Or, the Lost Sealers. by J. Fenimore Cooper.

The visit of Captain Daggett, taken in connection with all that he had said and done, while on Oyster Pond, and at Sag Harbour, had the effect greatly to hasten the equipments of the Sea Lion. Deacon Pratt knew the characters of the seamen of the island too well, to trifle in a matter of so much moment. How much the Vineyard folk had been told, in reference to his great secrets, he did not know; but he felt assured that they knew enough.Cooper, James Fenimore is the author of 'The Sea-Lions: Or, the Lost Sealers. by J. Fenimore Cooper.', published 2006 under ISBN 9781425548506 and ISBN 1425548504.