“The bar silver is in the north cache; you can find it by the trend of the east hummock, ten fathoms south of the black crag with the face on it.

“The arms are easy found, in the sandhill, N. point of north inlet cape, bearing E. and a quarter N.

“ J. F. ”

That was all, but brief as it was, and, to me, incomprehensible, it filled the squire and Doctor Livesey with delight.