It starts in a lane near Weymouth, with the story of a buried treasure and a cryptogram that may show where it lies. The narrator fits out the yacht Esmeralda and sails in search of it, meeting on the way a wreck, a tragedy aboard the City of Calcutta, the strange fate of the Northern Queen and a mate with a bad feeling.
Salt-water treasure hunting from one of the best Victorian writers of sea stories for boys. Download the free EPUB.