Brown. He had located some cannon on a reef off Key 

 West and wanted Ed to join him with our equipment. 

 Jack had only his "duck," an amphibious trucklike vehicle, 

 relic of the war years, which he was using to work the 

 reefs, he said. 



He explained that he had need of a few old cannon 

 ban-els to add interest to an aquarium he was planning to 

 open in the keys. He did not know the vintage of the 

 wreck, but from the amount of coral on one of the cannon, 

 which could be seen on the bottom, it was a very old one. 

 He was not interested in the smaller artifacts that might 

 also be a part of the wreck, he said; once the cannon had 

 been raised, he was willing to turn over the remainder of 

 the salvage to us. He assured Ed that, although the wind 

 was strong in that vicinity, and the water was rough, it 

 was also clear, so that it was possible to work on the reefs. 



That was enough to give new hope and enthusiasm to 

 Pete and Ed. We set out at the crack of dawn tlie next day, 

 rolling in the big waves which hit us broadside as we 

 paralleled the string of islands leading westward toward 

 Key West. By the time we arrived at the Gulf dock where 

 we planned to meet Jack, the wind had picked up to 

 twenty-five knots, and the sea was much too rough to think 

 of approaching the reefs that afternoon. 



We had been in only a short time when Jack ap- 

 peared, with the news that he had raised and brought 

 ashore three cannon — a small swivel gun, a carronade 

 and a six-foot heavy barrel. He was eager to have Pete 

 identify them. He took the two men crosstown in his car 

 to the spot on the opposite shore where the "duck" was 

 based. 



When Ed and Pete returned, they were quite excited 

 at the prospects. It appeared that Jack had located a Brit- 

 ish ship whose armament indicated that it was late eight- 



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