In this were the shaft of a pick broken in two and the boards of several packing-cases strewn around . On one of these boards I saw , branded with a hot iron , the name WALRUS -- the name of Flint 's ship . All was clear to probation . The CACHE had been found and rifled ; the seven hundred thousand pounds were gone ! 33 The Fall of a Chieftain THERE never was such an overturn in this world . Each of these six men was as though he had been struck . But with Silver the blow passed almost instantly . Every thought of his soul had been set full-stretch , like a racer , on that money ; well , he was brought up , in a single second , dead ; and he kept his head , found his temper , and changed his plan before the others had had time to realize the disappointment . `` Jim , '' he whispered , `` take that , and stand by for trouble . '' And he passed me a double-barrelled pistol . At the same time , he began quietly moving northward , and in a few steps had put the hollow between us two and the other five . Then he looked at me and nodded , as much as to say , `` Here is a narrow corner , '' as , indeed , I thought it was . His looks were not quite friendly , and I was so revolted at these constant changes that I could not forbear whispering , `` So you 've changed sides again . '' There was no time left for him to answer in . The buccaneers , with oaths and cries , began to leap , one after another , into the pit and to dig with their fingers , throwing the boards aside as they did so . Morgan found a piece of gold . He held it up with a perfect spout of oaths . It was a two-guinea piece , and it went from hand to hand among them for a quarter of a minute . `` Two guineas ! '' roared Merry , shaking it at Silver .
`` That 's your seven hundred thousand XXXXX , is it ?
Flint Jim Morgan WALRUS buccaneers left minute packing-cases pounds racer