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190 during a voyage to the East Indies. Previously he had been in New York harbour. Off the coast of Malabar he burned villages and captured a ship. Thereafter he plundered in earnest. In 1698 he buried spoils on Gardiner's Island east of Long Island, which was discovered, and amounted to 700 ounces of gold, 800 ounces of silver, 1 bag of silver rings and 1 bag of unpolished stones. Our pirate was arrested by the Governor of Massachusetts and sent to England. There, on May 12, 1701, he was "hung in chains" for having killed a gunner by assaulting him with a bucket. The Oak Island Association, relates des Brisay, had as the basis of its foundation the statement of an old man who said he had served under Kidd and, among other exploits, had helped him bury $2,000,000 on an island outside Boston harbour. The Oak Island treasure pit has not yet yielded its store though a fortune has been spent in search of it by men of intelligence and business acumen. A tree was found to which tackle had been attached. Near it, a pit was uncovered lined with stones and logs. At a depth of about a hundred feet the sea rushed in through artificial drains and further work was rendered useless.

Big and Little Tancook, a few miles from Oak Island, are rich in scallops of luscious Mahone Bay quality. The former has an area of over 500 acres and a considerable population of farmers and fishermen. Green Island, 16 miles from Chester, is