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a
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acumen
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
American
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among
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an
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ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
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and
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ashore
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
bee
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
bishop's
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
branch
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
by
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
Captain
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characters
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
ciphernounUS /ˈsaɪ.fər/
A secret or disguised way of writing; a code used to conceal ancient secrets.
From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
Climbing
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crag
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cryptographic
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daring
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death's-head
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
deciphered
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
degrees
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devil's
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
discovered
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
dizzying
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dog
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east
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excavation
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exposed
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eye
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
faithful
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feet
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fifty
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fire
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
for
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forty-one
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from
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
gentle
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
glass
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
good
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
had
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
he
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From this reading By inquiring among the oldest settlers, he located the 'Bishop's Hostel'—a high, solitary crag of rocks overlooking the ocean wilderness.
hearth
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
heat
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
high
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From this reading By inquiring among the oldest settlers, he located the 'Bishop's Hostel'—a high, solitary crag of rocks overlooking the ocean wilderness.
his
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history
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hostel
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
identified
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in
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
inquiring
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From this reading By inquiring among the oldest settlers, he located the 'Bishop's Hostel'—a high, solitary crag of rocks overlooking the ocean wilderness.
intricate
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Jupiter
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Kidd
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
left
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
Legrand
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
limb
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
line
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
located
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From this reading By inquiring among the oldest settlers, he located the 'Bishop's Hostel'—a high, solitary crag of rocks overlooking the ocean wilderness.
main
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
mathematical
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
mentioned
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minutes
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
most
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Newfoundland
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nocturnal
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north
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
northeast
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
ocean
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of
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
oldest
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From this reading By inquiring among the oldest settlers, he located the 'Bishop's Hostel'—a high, solitary crag of rocks overlooking the ocean wilderness.
out
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
overlooking
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From this reading By inquiring among the oldest settlers, he located the 'Bishop's Hostel'—a high, solitary crag of rocks overlooking the ocean wilderness.
parchmentnounUS /ˈpɑːrtʃ.mənt/
A stiff, flat, thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal, used for writing.
From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
piece
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
precipice
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From this reading Climbing to the dizzying precipice with his faithful servant Jupiter and a Newfoundland dog, Legrand identified the ancient tulip-tree mentioned in the cipher, preparing for the most daring nocturnal excavation in American history.
preparing
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revealed
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
rocks
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seat
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
series
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servant
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settlers
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seventh
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
shoot
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
shot
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
side
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
solitary
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From this reading By inquiring among the oldest settlers, he located the 'Bishop's Hostel'—a high, solitary crag of rocks overlooking the ocean wilderness.
the
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
thirteen
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
through
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
to
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
tulip-tree
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From this reading Climbing to the dizzying precipice with his faithful servant Jupiter and a Newfoundland dog, Legrand identified the ancient tulip-tree mentioned in the cipher, preparing for the most daring nocturnal excavation in American history.
unmatched
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
washed
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
when
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
which
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From this reading Legrand had discovered a piece of parchment washed ashore, which, when exposed to the gentle heat of the hearth fire, revealed a death's-head and an intricate series of cryptographic characters.
wilderness
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From this reading By inquiring among the oldest settlers, he located the 'Bishop's Hostel'—a high, solitary crag of rocks overlooking the ocean wilderness.
With
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From this reading With unmatched mathematical acumen, Legrand deciphered the cipher of Captain Kidd: 'A good glass in the bishop's hostel in the devil's seat forty-one degrees and thirteen minutes northeast and by north main branch seventh limb east side shoot from the left eye of the death's-head a bee line through the shot fifty feet out.'
