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Many thousand dollars in silver coin were covered by fifty feet of water, and it was Captain Tower, of Cohasset, with a crew of Cohasset divers and seamen, who set sail for the spot in a schooner bearing the substantial name of Eliza Ann. The Spanish Government, having no faith in the enterprise, agreed to claim only two and one half per cent of what was removed. The first year the wreckers got fourteen thousand dollars, and the second they had reached seven thousand, when the Spaniards became so jealous of their skill that they had to flee for their lives (taking the seven thousand, however). MANY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SILVER COIN WERE COVERED BY FIFTY FEET OF WATER AND IT WAS CAPTAIN TOWER OF COHAASAT WITH A CREW OF COHASIT DIVERS AND SEAMEN WHO SET SAIL FOR THE SPOT IN A SCHOONER BEARING THE SUBSTANTIAL NAME OF ELIZA ANN THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT HAVING NO FAITH IN THE ENTERPRISE AGREED TO CLAIM ONLY TWO AND ONE HALF PER CENT OF WHAT WAS REMOVED THE FIRST YEAR THE WRECKERS GOT FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND THE SECOND THEY HAD REACHED SEVEN THOUSAND WHEN THE SPANIARDS BECAME SO JEALOUS OF THEIR SKILL THAT THEY HAD TO FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES TAKING THE SEVEN THOUSAND HOWEVER
hot, till we were out of danger, yet one of them was slaine, and the other shot through the thigh." History follows fast along the ledges: history of gallant deeds and gallant defense during the days of the Revolution and the War of 1812; deeds of disaster along the coast and one especial deed of great engineering skill. The beauty and the tragedy of Cohasset are caught in large measure upon these jagged rocks. The splinters and wrecks of two and a half centuries have strewn the beaches, and many a corpse, far from its native land, has been found, wrapped in a shroud of seaweed upon the sand, and has been lowered by alien hands into a forever unmarked grave. Quite naturally the business of "wrecking"--that is, saving the pieces--came to be the trade of a number of Cohasset citizens, and so expert did Cohasset divers and seamen become that they were in demand all over the world. One of the most interesting salvage enterprises concerned a Spanish frigate, sunk off the coast of Venezuela. HEIR ARROWS FOR OUR SHOT TILL WE WERE OUT OF DANGER YET ONE OF THEM WAS SLAIN AND THE OTHER SHOT THROUGH THE THIGH HISTORY FOLLOWS FAST ALONG THE LEDGES HISTORY OF GALLANT DEEDS AND GALLANT DEFENSE DURING THE DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION AND THE WAR OF EIGHTEEN TWELVE DEEDS OF DISASTER ALONG THE COAST AND ONE A SPECIAL DEED OF GREAT ENGINEERING SKILL THE BEAUTY AND TRAGEDY OF COHASIT ARE CAUGHT IN LARGE MEASURE UPON THESE JAGGED ROCKS THE SPLINTERS AND WRECKS OF TWO AND A HALF CENTURIES HAVE STREWN THE BEACHES AND MANY A CORPSE FAR FROM ITS NATIVE LAND HAS BEEN FOUND WRAPPED IN A SHROUD OF SEAWEED UPON THE SAND AND HAS BEEN LOWERED BY ALIEN HANDS INTO A FOREVER UNMARKED GRAVE QUITE NATURALLY THE BUSINESS OF WRECKING THAT IS SAVING THE PIECES CAME TO BE THE TRADE OF A NUMBER OF COHASIC CITIZENS AND SO EXPERT DID COHASIC DIVERS AND SEAMEN BECOME THAT THEY WERE IN DEMAND ALL OVER THE WORLD ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING SAVAGE ENTERPRISES CONCERNED A SPANISH FRIGATE SUNK OFF THE COAST OF VENEZUELA
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