﻿THE 
  HAUNTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CARIBBEAN 
  CORSAIRS 
  

  

  155 
  

  

  height, 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  

   Two 
  Brothers. 
  Within 
  

   its 
  curves 
  a 
  mighty 
  

   fleet 
  may 
  safely 
  ride 
  

   at 
  anchor. 
  

  

  Not 
  all 
  the 
  Virgin 
  

   Islands 
  are 
  named 
  

   after 
  the 
  saints. 
  There 
  

   is 
  Tortola, 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  

   the 
  Turtle 
  Dove, 
  and 
  

   Gorda, 
  the 
  "Fat 
  Vir- 
  

   gin," 
  and 
  Anegada, 
  

   the 
  Drowned 
  Island, 
  

   because 
  it 
  contains 
  a 
  

   vast 
  lagoon 
  known 
  as 
  

   Flamingo 
  Pond, 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  few 
  places 
  

   where 
  this 
  bird 
  of 
  

   such 
  gorgeous 
  plum- 
  

   age 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

   south 
  of 
  the 
  Bahamas. 
  

  

  Anegada 
  is 
  skirted 
  

   on 
  its 
  northern 
  shores 
  

   by 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  of 
  

   coral, 
  known 
  as 
  Horse- 
  

   shoe 
  Reef, 
  making 
  the 
  

   approach 
  to 
  the 
  island 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  dan- 
  

   gerous 
  along 
  the 
  whole 
  

   Atlantic. 
  Countless 
  

   proud 
  hulls 
  have 
  been 
  

   crushed 
  on 
  its 
  jagged 
  

   edge. 
  It 
  was 
  this 
  

   island 
  that 
  put 
  an 
  end 
  

   to 
  the 
  pirating 
  of 
  

   Prince 
  Rupert 
  of 
  the 
  

   Rhine, 
  who 
  left 
  Ire- 
  

   land 
  in 
  1648 
  to 
  fight 
  

   for 
  the 
  English 
  king 
  

   in 
  the 
  colonies, 
  and 
  

   that 
  sheltered 
  Sir 
  

   Francis 
  Drake 
  in 
  the 
  

   bay 
  named 
  in 
  his 
  honor, 
  

   when 
  he 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  lookout 
  for 
  the 
  gal 
  

   leons 
  of 
  Spain. 
  

  

  * 
  v* 
  

  

  TORTUGA, 
  WHERK 
  PIRATES 
  MADE 
  THEIR 
  

   HOME 
  

  

  No 
  place 
  can 
  claim 
  a 
  fuller 
  measure 
  of 
  

   pirate 
  lore 
  than 
  Tortuga, 
  a 
  small 
  island 
  

   located 
  opposite 
  Port 
  de 
  Paix, 
  off 
  the 
  

   northern 
  coast 
  of 
  Haiti. 
  It 
  is 
  heavily 
  

   wooded, 
  rugged, 
  and 
  sparsely 
  inhabited, 
  

   and 
  for 
  those 
  who 
  are 
  ignorant 
  of 
  its 
  past 
  

   there 
  is 
  nothing 
  about 
  it 
  to 
  arouse 
  curi- 
  

   osity 
  ; 
  but 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  know 
  its 
  history 
  

  

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  Publishers' 
  Photo 
  Service 
  

  

  blackboard's 
  castle, 
  on 
  the 
  central 
  hill 
  above 
  

   charlotte 
  amalie 
  ! 
  st. 
  thomas 
  

  

  Though 
  legend 
  tells 
  us 
  that 
  here 
  the 
  famous 
  Blackbeard 
  lay 
  in 
  

   security, 
  ready 
  to 
  pounce 
  upon 
  any 
  ship 
  that 
  ventured 
  near 
  the 
  

   harbor, 
  the 
  fort 
  was 
  probably 
  built 
  by 
  the 
  government, 
  as 
  was 
  "Blue- 
  

   beard's 
  Castle," 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  opposite 
  page. 
  

  

  contain 
  more 
  buried 
  treasure 
  than 
  any 
  

   other 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  Antilles. 
  For 
  thirty 
  

   years 
  after 
  the 
  buccaneers 
  were 
  driven 
  

   from 
  St. 
  Kitts 
  it 
  was 
  such 
  a 
  stronghold 
  

   for 
  the 
  "brethren 
  of 
  the 
  sea'' 
  that 
  even 
  

   the 
  mighty 
  King 
  of 
  Spain, 
  with 
  all 
  his 
  

   ships 
  and 
  men, 
  could 
  not 
  break 
  it 
  up. 
  

  

  Esquemeling, 
  that 
  delightful 
  old 
  pirate 
  

   who 
  turned 
  into 
  literature 
  the 
  doings 
  of 
  

   the 
  sea 
  wolves 
  with 
  whom 
  he 
  was 
  asso- 
  

   ciated 
  and 
  those 
  about 
  whom 
  he 
  naturally 
  

   had 
  heard 
  so 
  much, 
  tells 
  us 
  that 
  the 
  

   Spanish 
  named 
  the 
  island 
  Tortuga 
  be- 
  

  

  it 
  is 
  an 
  enchanted 
  isle, 
  for 
  it 
  is 
  alleged 
  to 
  cause 
  in 
  shape 
  it 
  resembles 
  a 
  sea-tortoise. 
  

  

  