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The Captain’s Papers

           Therecordlastedovernearlytwentyyears,theamountoftheseparateentriesgrowinglargerastimewenton,andattheendagrandtotalhadbeenmadeoutafterfiveorsixwrongadditions,andthesewordsappended,"Bones,hispile."

           "Ican’tmakeheadortailofthis,"saidDr.Livesey.

           "Thethingisasclearasnoonday,"criedthesquire."Thisistheblack-heartedhound’saccount-book.Thesecrossesstandforthenamesofshipsortownsthattheysankorplundered.Thesumsarethescoundrel’sshare,andwherehefearedanambiguity,youseeheaddedsomethingclearer.‘OffeCaraccas,’now;yousee,herewassomeunhappyvesselboardedoffthatcoast.Godhelpthepoorsoulsthatmannedhercorallongago."

           "Right!"saidthedoctor."Seewhatitistobeatraveller.Right!Andtheamountsincrease,yousee,asheroseinrank."

           TherewaslittleelseinthevolumebutafewbearingsofplacesnotedintheblankleavestowardstheendandatableforreducingFrench,English,andSpanishmoneystoacommonvalue.

           "Thriftyman!"criedthedoctor."Hewasn’ttheonetobecheated."

           "Andnow,"saidthesquire,"fortheother."

           Thepaperhadbeensealedinseveralplaceswithathimblebywayofseal;theverythimble,perhaps,thatIhadfoundinthecaptain’spocket.Thedoctoropenedthesealswithgreatcare,andtherefelloutthemapofanisland,withlatitudeandlongitude,soundings,namesofhillsandbaysandinlets,andeveryparticularthatwouldbeneededtobringashiptoasafeanchorageuponitsshores.

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