r quite a distance he
remained profoundly silent, then turning to Paul he said: "Oi know the
exact place the old devil manes. Though she didn't name the island she
described it so closely that it is impossible to mishtake it. It is
East Caicos, Oi know the bay well an' it has a great reputation of
bein' a resort fur pirates in olden days; an' mark me wurrd, b'y, the
visit to that old black will be the means av makin' our fortune.
Instead av headin' fur Little Cayman to-morrow mornin', we'll pint
her fur East Caicos. It is over fure hundred miles north by east from
here; but it will pay us to make the run."

Next morning being fair, the "Foam" left Jamaica and stood off in the
direction of the island. They had good weather and fair winds. In four
days they passed Cape Maysi, the most easterly point or Cuba. Here they
met head winds that caused them to tack four more days, then they got
under the lee of the Great Inagua island. The weather was very
threatening and every indication pointed to another cyclone, so they
decided to run the sloop into one of the sheltered bays that abound on
those coasts. Here they lay for two days while the wind whistled and
shrieked through the naked rigging. As they were about to get under way
the third morning after the dropped anchor, a native came off in a
canoe containing pineapples and cocoanuts which he exchanged for a few
biscuits. The captain questioned him closely in regard to wrecks around
the island and was told about a large Spanish ship that went down years
ago on the southeast coast and it was a legend among the inhabitants
that she contained a vast amount of treasure. None of her crew ever
reached shore so the information was rather vague. Nevertheless, the
captain determined to make a try for it. The Indian swore that he knew
about the exact location and for the promise of a dollar a day he
agreed to pilot them to the place. After a cruise of about thirty miles
eastward, they came to the place where the Indian said the wreck had
occurred and taking sounding they found bottom a little over nineteen
fathoms. The weather being fine they hove to and the yawl containing the
diving pump was lowered.

"This is a pretty deep dive," remarked the captain to Paul as he was
equipping himself in his armour.

"It is," responded Paul, "the deepest I ever made; but nothing risk,
nothing win. Fasten on the face piece and you yourself attend to