asked the captain . `` Yes , sir ; Skeleton Island they calls it . It were a main place for pirates once , and a hand we had on board knowed all their names for it . That hill to the nor ` ard they calls the Fore-mast Hill ; there are three hills in a row running south ` ard -- fore , main , and mizzen , sir . But the main -- that 's the big un , with the cloud on it -- they usually calls the Spy-glass , by reason of a lookout they kept when they was in the anchorage cleaning , for it 's there they cleaned their ships , sir , asking your pardon . '' `` I have a chart here , '' says Captain Smollett . `` See if that 's the place . '' Long John 's eyes burned in his head as he took the chart , but by the fresh look of the paper I knew he was doomed to disappointment . This was not the map we found in Billy Bones 's chest , but an accurate copy , complete in all things -- names and heights and soundings -- with the single exception of the red crosses and the written notes . Sharp as must have been his annoyance , Silver had the strength of mind to hide it . `` Yes , sir , '' said he , `` this is the spot , to be sure , and very prettily drawed out . Who might have done that , I wonder ? The pirates were too ignorant , I reckon . Aye , here it is : ` Capt. Kidd 's Anchorage ' -- just the name my shipmate called it . There 's a strong current runs along the south , and then away nor ` ard up the west coast . Right you was , sir , '' says he , `` to haul your wind and keep the weather of the island . Leastways , if such was your intention as to enter and careen , and there ai n't no better place for that in these waters . '' `` Thank you , my man , '' says Captain Smollett . `` I 'll ask you later on to give us a help . You may go . ''
I was surprised at the coolness with which XXXXX avowed his knowledge of the island , and I own I was half-frightened when I saw him drawing nearer to myself .
Bones Hill Island John Kidd Leastways Right Sharp Spy-glass mizzen