Farewell, St. Thomas. Sail Rock. The joke on the Frenchman. The lure of the Caribbean. A man of peace. St. John. An island gem. At Rendezvous Bay. Relics of the buccaneers. The bloody past. A deserted Eden. The St. John of to-day. V St. John and Some Discoveries 77 Buccaneer haunts. The pirates’ friends. Hamlin the corsair. The friendly governor. Tales of treasure. Relics of the past. An ancient souvenir. Reminiscences. The concert. A discovery. VI Anegada and a Bit of Treasure-Trove 94 Tortola, the Isle of the Turtle-dove. The once prosperous port. Onward to Anegada. The Fat Virgin. Norman Island and Kidd’s treasure. The truth about Captain Kidd. The Don Quixote of the Caribbean. The end of Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Anegada, the Drowned Island. Through the guardian reef. Wreckers. Flotsam and jetsam huts. Pirate forts and pirate cannon. The Portuguese derelict. Treasure-trove. VII Lonely Isles 114 Across the Anegada Passage to St. Martin. Anguilla, the Eel. The island under two flags. St. Martin a charming island. Salt pans and industries. Onward to St. Barts. A poverty-stricken spot. Once Sweden’s colony. The gathering-place of the buccaneers. On the beach. A privateers’ lair. Gustavia’s heyday. Montbars the Exterminator. Statia. Where the Stars and Stripes were first saluted. Orangetown and its treasure. The world’s greatest auction sale. Statia’s knell. Saba the marvelous. The town in the crater. Saba and its people. Strange industries. VIII St. Kitts and the Gorgeous Isle 136 St. Kitts the beautiful. Basseterre. The island’s golden past. The first settled of the British isles. French and English. Early days. Brimstone Hill and its massive fort. An echo of the past. The Travels of Captain Smith. Caribs and quarrels. The “overgrowne stormes.” Convict slaves. The Gorgeous Isle. Nevis and its past. Where Nelson married and Hamilton was born. The submerged city. A miraculous escape. A moral pirate. Sharp the great adventurer. IX The “Dangerous Voyage” and the Effect of a Nagging Tongue 152 Bartholomew Sharp and his great adventure. Across Darien. The attack on the Spanish fleet. The Blessed Trinity and its marvelous cruise. Down the west coast. Around the Horn. The log of the Trinity. Mutiny. Religious buccaneers. Homeward through storm-lashed seas. The end of the “dangerous voyage.” The “sea artist” goes home. Stede Bonnet the gentleman pirate. The less of two evils. The effect of a nagging tongue. In evil company. The fate of the major. Over Saba Bank. Sam’s sixth sense. Good hauls. Land ho! X The Isle of the Holy Cross 171