And then I heard the voice of Captain Smollett issuing orders . The HISPANIOLA was laid a couple of points nearer the wind and now sailed a course that would just clear the island on the east . `` And now , men , '' said the captain , when all was sheeted home , `` has any one of you ever seen that land ahead ? '' `` I have , sir , '' said Silver . `` I 've watered there with a trader I was cook in . '' `` The anchorage is on the south , behind an islet , I fancy ? '' asked the captain . `` Yes , sir ; Skeleton Island they calls it . It were a main place for pirates once , and a hand we had on board knowed all their names for it . That hill to the nor ` ard they calls the Fore-mast Hill ; there are three hills in a row running south ` ard -- fore , main , and mizzen , sir . But the main -- that 's the big un , with the cloud on it -- they usually calls the Spy-glass , by reason of a lookout they kept when they was in the anchorage cleaning , for it 's there they cleaned their ships , sir , asking your pardon . '' `` I have a chart here , '' says Captain Smollett . `` See if that 's the place . '' Long John 's eyes burned in his head as he took the chart , but by the fresh look of the paper I knew he was doomed to disappointment . This was not the map we found in Billy Bones 's chest , but an accurate copy , complete in all things -- names and heights and soundings -- with the single exception of the red crosses and the written notes . Sharp as must have been his annoyance , Silver had the strength of mind to hide it . `` Yes , sir , '' said he , `` this is the spot , to be sure , and very prettily drawed out . Who might have done that , I wonder ? The pirates were too ignorant , I reckon . Aye , here it is : ` Capt. Kidd 's Anchorage ' -- just the name my shipmate called it .
There 's a strong current runs along the south , and then away nor ` XXXXX up the west coast .
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