and grapeshot. There was a copper hoop from a powder 

 keg. There were bones, even part of a jawbone with the 

 teeth still intact. There were bits from a Chinese porcelain 

 bowl, the remains of a fine crystal unguent jar, a pewter 

 mug, spun-copper plates and utensils and a brass door 

 knocker. 



These last had been found in one locale, indicating 

 that they came from the aft section of the ship, the cap- 

 tain's quarters. At a spot some distance away had been 

 found pieces of coarse, blue, salt-glazed eighteenth- 

 century pottery; worn pieces of green-glass rum bottles, 

 with the corks still in the necks of two of them; and the 

 fairly complete remains of several clay pipes. This would 

 appear to have been the crew's quarters. 



Several worn and corroded coins of various nations, 

 which had been found in scattered places on the wreck, 

 were being carefully cherished by their finders. The latest 

 date, 1720, appeared on a Swedish copper piece. 



From these finds Pete had been able to reconstruct a 

 fairly complete account of the shipwreck. He visualized a 

 British warship of the larger class striking the reef some- 

 time between 1720 and 1750. He said that it had probably 

 met its end from natural causes rather than in battle, as 

 the tompion was still in the mouth of the cannon which 

 had been raised. 



He felt quite certain that the ship was British be- 

 cause, in addition to the crowned rose which marked the 

 cannon, many of the six-pound and twelve-pound cannon 

 baUs were engraved with a broad arrow indicating that 

 they were British property. He figured that it was a war- 

 ship rather than a merchant ship because of the number 

 and size of the cannon and the large amount of ammu- 

 nition it had carried, as well as the heap of iron ballast 

 which was composed of bars molded to conform to the 

 hull of the ship. A merchant ship would have carried only 



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