Three or four days after we had buried him, we removed the stones he said the gold was buried under, and there found, as he had told us, bags and boxes of gold and silver, in bars and coin of various kinds, heavy silver and gold ornaments that had been plundered from churches and convents, with pearls and diamonds and other precious stones, enough to fill two iron chests two feet square and two feet deep.

There was the thought that it was the price of so much crime.

And what good after all was this gold and silver to do us, if we were to die on the island, like old Dunman?
We divided it among us, just as we would something of little value, not caring which got the biggest portion.

Then, after keeping out what we thought we might want, each buried his part in separate spots, and marked the places with piles of big stones.
"I always had a presentment that some vessel would come along, and afford us the means of getting away; but after several months of disappointment my companions began to despair, and saying they might as well die one way as another, fitted up the boat, and with sails made of prepared seal skins, and such scanty provisions as they could obtain, set sail in search of an island described by old Dunman to be two leagues distant, inhabited, and a place where whalers had been known to touch.

Each took two bags of gold with him, promising that if they were successful they would return and rescue me.
"I felt, and told them they were undertaking what was sure death, and bid them good-bye, never expecting to see them again.