"Now, what would any man wish to conceal by cipher save hidden treasure? There are other things, certainly, he might wish to write about in such a way that the ordinary run of people should not understand the writing, but, to my mind, treasure is the most likely, and the dates coincide very well. Our date is 1581, and Cary says that when he was here in 1582 it was just after the pirate's depredations; and he has not, apparently, been heard of since. This, I say, points to his death or to the disbandment of his crew; and what more likely than that, before either of these occurrences, he should bury his accumulated booty and locate its position by cipher? I believe most strongly, Harry, that we have in our possession the key to the hiding-place of all the treasure of Jose Leirya--and he must have accumulated millions of dollars' worth in his time--if we can but come upon the translation of it. What do you think of it, Harry?" "Well, Roger, lad," said Harry, "as you put it, certainly it does seem as though you might be right, and that there may be something in it. We must make another attempt to find the key to the cipher, and when that is found I certainly think we shall obtain something valuable for our trouble, even though it should not be this great treasure of Jose Leirya. But we had better go below now and try to get some sleep, for we shall have a hard day before us to-morrow." They were roused early next morning by the boatswain's whistle, and, having dressed, came up on deck to find that the boats were just being got over the side again to take away the kedge anchors, by which to haul the ships closer inshore for careening purposes. It was decided by Cavendish that, as the beach was very spacious, and there were four ships to be careened, they should careen two at a time, instead of one only, as usual. The vessels that most needed overhauling and repairing were the commander's own ship and the captured Spanish vessel, _El Capitan_, which had been rechristened the _Tiger_. So it was determined to careen the _Tiger_ and the _Stag Royal_ first of all, leaving the other two vessels, the _Good Adventure_ and the _Elizabeth_, afloat for purposes of defence, should an enemy appear in sight while the operations were being carried on. The _Tiger_ and the _Stag Royal_ were therefore swung broadside-on to the beach. The anchors were then taken ashore in the boats and carried up the beach to above high-water mark, where they were buried in deep holes dug in the sand, with timbers laid lengthwise upon them to prevent them from being dragged out again when the strain was put on the cables. The holes were then filled up and the sand heaped high above them, to get as much weight as possible upon the anchors, and to allow more purchase.