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There was a little speculation about it at first, till it was silenced by the chance remark of a man old with wandering: "It is one of the mysteries that haunt the sea." THERE WAS A LITTLE SPECULATION ABOUT IT AT FIRST TILL IT WAS SILENCED BY THE CHANCE REMARK OF A MAN OLD WITH WANDERING IT IS ONE OF THE MYSTERIES THAT HAUNT THE SEA
 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. 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.  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 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
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