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And no one is known to have found them out or to have annexed their island; but a rumour arose and passed from port to port and every place where sailors meet together, and even survives to this day, of a dangerous uncharted rock anywhere between Plymouth and the Horn, which would suddenly rise in the safest track of ships, and upon which vessels were supposed to have been wrecked, leaving, strangely enough, no evidence of their doom. AND NO ONE IS KNOWN TO HAVE FOUND THEM OUT OR TO HAVE ANNEXED THEIR ISLAND BUT RUMOR AROSE AND PASSED FROM PORT TO PORT AND EVERY PLACE WHERE SAILORS MEET TOGETHER AND EVEN SURVIVES TO THIS DAY OF A DANGEROUS UNCHARTED ROCK ANYWHERE BETWEEN PLYMOUTH AND THE HORN WHICH WOULD SUDDENLY RISE IN THE SAFEST TRACK OF SHIPS AND UPON WHICH VESSELS WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WRECKED LEAVING STRANGELY ENOUGH NO EVIDENCE OF THEIR DOOM
eens. So they lived for years, the pirates mostly gambling and drinking below, Captain Shard trying to please the Queen of the South, and she never wholly forgetting Bombasharna. When they needed new provisions they hoisted sails on the trees, and as long as no ship came in sight they scudded before the wind, with the water rippling over the beach of the island; but as soon as they sighted a ship the sails came down, and they became an ordinary uncharted rock. They mostly moved by night; sometimes they hovered off sea-coast towns as of old, sometimes they boldly entered river-mouths, and even attached themselves for a while to the mainland, whence they would plunder the neighbourhood and escape again to sea. And if a ship was wrecked on their island of a night they said it was all to the good. They grew very crafty in seamanship, and cunning in what they did, for they knew that any news of the _Desperate Lark_'s old crew would bring hangmen from the interior running down to every port. ABOUT THE WAYS OF QUEENS SO THEY LIVED FOR YEARS THE PIRATES MOSTLY GAMBLING AND DRINKING BELOW CAPTAIN CHARD TRYING TO PLEASE THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH AND SHE NEVER WHOLLY FORGETTING BALMASHAARNA WHEN THEY NEEDED NEW PROVISIONS THEY HOISTED SAILS ON THE TREES AND AS LONG AS NO SHIP CAME IN SIGHT THEY SCUDDED BEFORE THE WIND WITH THE WATER RIPPLING OVER THE BEACH OF THE ISLAND BUT AS SOON AS THEY SIGHTED A SHIP THE SAILS CAME DOWN AND THEY BECAME AN ORDINARY UNCHARTED ROCK THEY MOSTLY MOVED BY NIGHT SOMETIMES THEY HOVERED OFF SEA COAST TOWNS AS OF OLD SOMETIMES THEY BOLDLY ENTERED RIVER MOUTHS AND EVEN ATTACHED THEMSELVES FOR A WHILE TO THE MAINLAND WHENCE THEY WOULD PLUNDER THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND ESCAPE AGAIN TO SEA AND IF A SHIP WAS WRECKED ON THEIR ISLAND OF A NIGHT THEY SAID IT WAS ALL TO THE GOOD THEY GREW VERY CRAFTY IN SEAMANSHIP AND CUNNING IN WHAT THEY DID FOR THEY KNEW THAT ANY NEWS OF THE DESPERATE LARK'S OLD CREW WOULD BRING HANGMEN FROM THE INTERIOR RUNNING DOWN TO EVERY PORT
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