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Page 57
... pirates who still infested the Gulf of Mexico and nearly ruined the Jamaica trade of those days . Naturally enough , we had talked of the mysterious town in which the pirates were supposed to have their headquarters . " I know no more ...
... pirates who still infested the Gulf of Mexico and nearly ruined the Jamaica trade of those days . Naturally enough , we had talked of the mysterious town in which the pirates were supposed to have their headquarters . " I know no more ...
Page 75
... pirates ; they had been handed over to the admiral by the Havana authorities as an international courtesy I suppose , or else because they were pirates of no account and short in funds , or because the admiral had been making a fuss in ...
... pirates ; they had been handed over to the admiral by the Havana authorities as an international courtesy I suppose , or else because they were pirates of no account and short in funds , or because the admiral had been making a fuss in ...
Page 128
... pirates that I had witnessed , demanded the presence of someone of his eminence and lustre . Otherwise he had lived shut up in his palace . There was nowhere in Rio Medio for him to go to . He was said to regard his intendente O'Brien ...
... pirates that I had witnessed , demanded the presence of someone of his eminence and lustre . Otherwise he had lived shut up in his palace . There was nowhere in Rio Medio for him to go to . He was said to regard his intendente O'Brien ...
Contents
THE QUARRY AND THE BEACH | 3 |
THE GIRL WITH THE LIZARD | 57 |
CASA RIEGO | 139 |
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