“The person who is lucky enough to find my treasure-house, I hereby declare to be my heir, and whatsoever he finds shall be his, and for his sole benefit. “My chief mate, William Trefry, a Cornishman, wished to become my heir before my death, but we could not agree upon that point, although I gave him possession of my _petites fées_ (little fairies) and a key, also a valuable knife, for an inheritance. The bearings of my treasure-house are these.” Then followed the curious drawing with the death’s-head centre, followed by the words--“The lucky one will find the following property.” Here followed a long list of the articles stowed away; winding up with the words--“and my box of pretty _petites fées_.” * * * * * “I leave Jethou to-night to make a voyage to the West Indies, to see what business can be done there. I leave this paper so that, should I never return, the goods I have so industriously, and at such risk, gathered together, may be of service to the person who may have skill enough to discover their whereabouts. “Signed, JEAN TUSSAUD (Barbe Rouge), “_February 19, 17--_.” For weeks the two young men puzzled their wits over the document; but to abbreviate this narrative,[B] they ultimately succeeded in discovering the place of concealment. [B] The unravelling of the enigma may be found in _Jethou_. It was in the centre of the garden, at the rear of the house, and after great toil in digging they came upon the skeleton of a man, and were about to fill up the large hole they had made, imagining, in their horror, that they had come upon a grave instead of a treasure-house, when one of them saw a glittering something protruding from the sternum of the skeleton, which proved to be the jewelled haft of a dagger, which had undoubtedly given the death-blow to the tenant of the grave, being driven in with immense force, up to the hilt, quite through the breast-bone. Clearing the bony relic, they found, suspended around the neck, by a length of silver chain, which was much oxidized, a couple of rusty keys. This discovery led them to connect the skeleton with the mate, Trefry, mentioned in the document, and they continued their search, which was rewarded by their finding a large collection of miscellaneous articles, among which were numerous weapons, bundles of gold lace, several cups of the same metal, packages of once costly clothing and fine linen (now mouldering with age), copes, chasubles, and a beautiful jewelled mitre wrapped in a bullock’s hide, boots, sashes, etc.