PART I The Old Buccaneer02（第5页）

"verywell，"saidthedoctor."now，then，if激misagreeable，wellopenthepacket";andhelaiditbeforehinthetable.

thebundlewassewntogether，andthedoctorhadtogetouthisinstrumentcaseandcutthestitcheswithhismedicalscissors.itcontainedtwothings—abookandasealedpaper.

"firstofallwelltrythebook，"observedthedoctor.

thesquireandiwerebothpeeringoverhisshoulderasheopenedit，fordr.liveseyhadkindlytionedmetoeroundfromtheside-table，whereihadbeenea，toenjoythesportofthesearch.onthefirstpagetherewereonlysomescrapsofwri，suchasamanwithapeninhishandmightmakeforidlenessorpractice.onewasthesameasthetattoomark，"billyboneshisfancy";thentherewas"mr.w.bones，mate，""norerum，""offpalmkeyhegotitt，"andsomeothersnatches，stlysinglewordsandunintelligible.icouldnothelpwonderingwhoitwasthathad"gotitt，"andwhat"itt"wasthathegot.aknifeinhisbackaslikeasnot.

"notmuchinstructionthere，"saiddr.liveseyashepassedon.

thenexttenortwelvepageswerefilledwithacuriousseriesofentries.therewasadateatoneendofthelineandattheotherasufney，ount-books，butinsteadofexplanatorywri，onlyavaryingnumberofcrossesbetweenthetwo.onthe12thofjune，1745，forinstance，asufseventypoundshadplainlybeeduetosomeone，andtherewasnothingbutsixcrossestoexplainthecause.inafewcases，tobesure，thenameofaplacewouldbeadded，as"as，"oramereentryoflatitudeandlongitude，as"62o1720"，19o240"."

therecordlastedovernearlytwentyyears，theauntoftheseparateentriesgrowinglargerastimewenton，andattheendagrandtotalhadbeenmadeoutafterfiveorsixwrongadditions，andthesewordsappended，"bones，hispile."

"icantmakeheadortailofthis，"saiddr.livesey.

"thethingisasclearasnoonday，"criedthesquire."thisistheblack-ountbook.thesecrossesstandforthenamesofshipsortownsthattheysankorp露ndered.thesumsarethescoundrelsshare，andwherehefearedanambiguity，youseeheaddedsomethingclearer.as，now;yousee，herewassomeunhappyvesselboardedoffthatcoast.godhelpthepoorsoulsthatmannedher—corallongago."

"right!"saidthedoctor."seewhatitistobeatraveller.right!andtheauntsincrease，yousee，asheroseinrank."

therewaslittleelseinthevo露mebutafewbearingsofplacesnotedintheblankleavestowardstheendandatableforreducingfrench，english，andspanishneystoanva露e.

"thriftyman!"criedthedoctor."hewasnttheoobecheated."

"andnow，"saidthesquire，"fortheother."

thepaperhadbeensealedinseveralplaceswithathimblebywayofseal;theverythimble，perhaps，thatihadfoundinthecaptainspocket.thedoctoropenedthesealswithgreatcare，andtherefelloutthemapofanisland，withlatitudeandlongitude，soundings，namesofhillsandbaysandinlets，andeveryparticularthatwouldbeneededtobringashiptoasafeanchorageuponitsshores.itwasaboutninemileslongandfiveacross，shaped，youmightsay，likeafatdragonstandingup，andhadtwofineland-lockedharbours，andahillinthecentrepartmarked"thespy-glass."therewereseveraladditionsofalaterdate，butaboveall，threecrossesofredink—twoonthenorthpartoftheisland，oneinthesouthwest—andbesidethislast，inthesameredink，andinasmall，neathand，verydifferentfromthecaptainstotterycharacters，thesewords:"bulkoftreasurehere."

overonthebackthesamehandhadwrittenthisfurtherinformation:

talltree，spy-glassshoulder，bearingapointtothen.ofn.n.e.

skeletonislande.s.e.andbye.

tenfeet.

thebarsilverisinthenorthcache;youcanfinditbythetrendoftheeasthumck，tenfathomssouthoftheblackcragwiththefaceonit.

thearmsareeasyfound，inthesand-hill，n.pointofnorthinletcape，bearinge.andaquartern.

j.f.

thatwasall;butbriefasitwas，andtomeinprehensible，itfilledthesquireanddr.liveseywithdelight.

"livesey，"saidthesquire，"youwillgiveupthiswretchedpracticeatonce.torrowistartforbristol.inthreeweekstime—threeweeks!—twoweeks—tendays—wellhavethebestship，sir，andthechoicestcrewinengland.hawkinsshalleascabin-boy.youllmakeafauscabin-boy，hawkins.you，livesey，areshipsdoctor;iamadmiral.welltakeredruth，joyce，andhunter.wellhavefavourablewinds，aquickpassage，andnottheleastdifficultyinfindingthespot，andneytoeat，torollin，toplayduckanddrakewitheverafter."

"trelawney，"saidthedoctor，"illgowithyou;andillgobailforit，sowill激m，andbeacredittotheundertaking.theresonlyonemanimafraidof."

"andwhosthat?"criedthesquire."namethedog，sir!"

"you，"repliedthedoctor;"foryoucannotholdyourtongue.wearenottheonlymenwhoknowofthispaper.thesefellowswhoattackedtheinntonight—bold，desperateblades，forsure—er，andre，idaresay，notfaroff，are，oneandall，throughthickandthin，boundthattheyllgetthatney.wemustnoneofusgoaloillwegettosea.激mandishallsticktogetherinthemeanwhile;youlltakejoyceandhunterwhenyouridetobristol，andfromfirsttolast，notoneofusmustbreatheawordofwhatwevefound."

"livesey，"returnedthesquire，"youarealwaysintherightofit.illbeassilentasthegrave."