Moreover, the one-legged cook is Long John Silver, the one-legged sailor whose appearance Bones treaded. As they were about to reach the shore, they realized that many crew members are none other than the pirates who served under Captain Flint. Squire Trelawney soon set to action and arranges for a crew to guide them and help them through the journey on his schooner, the Hispaniola. Jim and his mother take away the money he owes them, and some papers, which were later recognized by squire Trelawney as a map to locate the mysterious treasures kept buried somewhere by Captain Flint. But he suffers a stroke and dies even before the pirates reach the spot. Meanwhile, he comes across his former shipmates, Black Dog and Pew, a blind man, who hands over the black spot. He stayed for an unusually long time and failed to pay for his stay. Jim meets Billy Bones when he comes to stay at his father’s in Admiral Benbow, on the Bristol Channel, in England.

Stevenson structured Treasure Island as a journal record kept by Jim at the request of Squire Trelawney and Dr Livesey. The story is narrated from Jim’s perspective, a young of about sixteen. Treasure Island is a story of Jim Hawkins and an expenditure to bring back home the buried treasure from a faraway island. In this classic adventure novel, Jim narrates his dream come true sea voyage to the treasure island, the obstacles he had to go through, and how he safely brought back his people.

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