“It was a narrow chance. For when in crossing the isle Hunilla gained the high land in the centre, she must then for the first have perceived our masts, and also marked that their sails were being loosed, perhaps even heard the echoing chorus of the windlass song. The strange ship was about to sail, and she behind….”
[Salvator R. Tarnmoor*, The Encantadas, or Enchanted Isles, Putnam's Monthly, Vol.3, 1854]
*pseud. Herman Melville
The Encantadas

The above released in serial form. Reissued in 1856 as The Piazza Tales, Herman Melville.