rsook their trade and took to the sea, to harry
the common foe.

[10] The schedule thus referred to stipulated that for the crew, except
the officers specified, it was a case of "no prey, no pay." For the
loss of a right arm, the consolation money was six hundred pieces of
eight, or six slaves; for the loss of a left arm, five hundred pieces
of eight, or five slaves; for the left leg, four hundred pieces of
eight, or four slaves; for an eye one hundred pieces of eight, or one
slave; for a finger of the hand the same reward as for the eye. "All
which sums of money, as I have said before, are taken out of the
capital sum or common stock of what is got by their piracy."

CHAPTER XVI

PRACTICAL HINTS FOR TREASURE SEEKERS

Faith, imagination, and a vigorous physique comprise the essential
equipment of a treasure seeker. Capital is desirable, but not
absolutely necessary, for it would be hard indeed to find a
neighborhood in which some legend or other of buried gold is not
current. If one is unable to finance an expedition aboard a swift,
black-hulled schooner, it is always possible to dig for the treasure of
poor Captain Kidd and it is really a matter of small importance that he
left no treasure in his wake. The zest of the game is in seeking. A
pick and a shovel are to be obtained in the wood-shed or can be
purchased at the nearest hardware store for a modest outlay. A
pirate's chart is to be highly esteemed, but if the genuine article
cannot be found, there are elderly seafaring men in every port who will
furnish one just as good and perjure themselves as to the information
thereof with all the cheerfulness in the world.

It has occurred to the author that a concise directory of the
best-known lost and buried treasure might be of some service to persons
of an adventurous turn of mind, and the following tabloid guide for
ready reference may perhaps prove helpful, particularly to parents of
small boys who have designs on pirate hoards, as well as to boys who
have never grown up.

_Cocos Island_. In the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Costa Rica.
Twelve million dollars in plate, coin, bar gold, and jewels buried by
buccaneers and by seamen who pirated the treasure of Lima.

_Trinidad_. In the South Atlantic off the coast of Brazil. The vast
booty of sea-rovers who plundered the richest cities of South America.
A very delectable and well-authenticated treasure, indeed, with all the
proper charts and app