﻿THE 
  HAUNTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CARIBBEAN 
  CORSAIRS 
  

  

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  THE 
  OLDEST 
  CHURCH 
  IN 
  PORTO 
  RICO 
  

  

  The 
  little 
  town 
  of 
  San 
  German, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  ancient 
  Dominican 
  monastery 
  stands, 
  was 
  

   founded 
  in 
  1511. 
  It 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  where 
  more 
  than 
  eighty 
  

   years 
  ago 
  earthquakes 
  were 
  so 
  continuous 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  six 
  months 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  pots 
  and 
  

   pans 
  refused 
  to 
  sit 
  on 
  the 
  stoves. 
  The 
  inhabitants 
  ate 
  their 
  food 
  raw. 
  

  

  and 
  to 
  share 
  his 
  prizes 
  with 
  the 
  Governor 
  

   of 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  his 
  colleague, 
  while 
  

   he 
  was 
  still 
  sentimental 
  enough 
  to 
  marry, 
  

   as 
  his 
  fourteenth 
  wife, 
  a 
  charming 
  crea- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  sixteen. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  chief 
  points 
  of 
  interest 
  in 
  

   the 
  picturesque 
  little 
  town 
  of 
  Charlotte 
  

   Amalie, 
  which 
  has 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  har- 
  

   bors 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Caribbean 
  waters, 
  is 
  

   the 
  castle 
  of 
  this 
  redoubtable 
  king 
  of 
  his 
  

   kind, 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  sphere 
  of 
  his 
  influence 
  

   as 
  Blackbeard. 
  As 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact, 
  his 
  

   queer 
  "castle" 
  looks 
  more 
  like 
  an 
  exotic 
  

   species 
  of 
  windmill 
  with 
  its 
  arms 
  lopped 
  

   off 
  (see 
  illustration, 
  page 
  155). 
  

  

  Here, 
  so 
  the 
  story 
  goes, 
  the 
  mighty 
  

   brigand 
  fortified 
  the 
  excellent 
  vantage 
  

   point 
  from 
  which 
  to 
  spy 
  out 
  any 
  vessel 
  

   that 
  ventured 
  near 
  his 
  haven. 
  On 
  the 
  

   opposite 
  hill 
  there 
  is 
  another 
  fortress, 
  

   which 
  is 
  called 
  Bluebeard's, 
  but 
  the 
  his- 
  

   tory 
  of 
  this 
  pirate 
  is 
  sunk 
  in 
  oblivion. 
  

  

  Blackbeard's 
  existence 
  was, 
  however, 
  

   a 
  vivid 
  reality. 
  He 
  won 
  his 
  name 
  because 
  

   of 
  a 
  heavy 
  black 
  beard, 
  about 
  which 
  he 
  

   was 
  exceedingly 
  vain. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  of 
  him 
  

  

  that 
  he 
  twisted 
  this 
  mane 
  into 
  small 
  tails 
  

   and 
  tied 
  them 
  with 
  ribbon 
  and 
  fastened 
  

   lighted 
  tapers 
  under 
  his 
  hat 
  to 
  illumine 
  

   his 
  repulsive 
  features 
  and 
  wild 
  eyes, 
  thus 
  

   striking 
  terror 
  to 
  the 
  hearts 
  of 
  his 
  victims. 
  

   The 
  English 
  colonies 
  along 
  the 
  Atlan- 
  

   tic 
  seaboard 
  being 
  at 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  their 
  

   endurance, 
  the 
  Governor 
  of 
  Virginia 
  

   offered 
  a 
  price 
  for 
  Teach's 
  head. 
  Lieu- 
  

   tenant 
  Maynard 
  found 
  him 
  resting 
  in 
  

   Ocracoke 
  Inlet, 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  and 
  there 
  

   ensued 
  a 
  hand-to-hand 
  encounter 
  between 
  

   the 
  principals, 
  which 
  resembled 
  Scott's 
  

   description 
  of 
  the 
  duel 
  between 
  James 
  

   Fitz-James 
  and 
  Roderick 
  Dhu. 
  Finally 
  

   the 
  pirate 
  dropped 
  to 
  the 
  deck 
  ; 
  his 
  head 
  

   was 
  severed 
  and 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  bowsprit 
  

   of 
  Maynard's 
  sloop 
  and 
  was 
  carried 
  tri- 
  

   umphantly 
  to 
  Virginia. 
  

  

  admiral 
  pillsburv's 
  nam| 
  given 
  to 
  

   ''the 
  sound" 
  

  

  Between 
  St. 
  Thomas 
  and 
  St. 
  John, 
  

   hedged 
  about 
  by 
  a 
  chain 
  of 
  small 
  islands 
  

   that 
  guard 
  it 
  from 
  heavy 
  seas 
  and 
  high 
  

   winds, 
  lies 
  an 
  excellent 
  harbor, 
  which 
  

  

  