PIRACY ON THE SPANISH MAIN.
; BURIED TREASURE BROUGHT TO LIGHT. '■ : < Tile town of Paradelha, in Portugal, hits for years been undermined by the waves; and oiie after another buildings have collapsed a? the result of tho incessant coast orosionj A severe storm recently occurred, during' which another considerable? part of the shore'.was washed away, leaving exposed to viow a large number of doubloons mid pieces of oight, medals, rings, earrings, and othei 1 ' jewellery, all of- antique pattern. It is surmised that tho valuables thus washed out of the •shore had been hidden in a cave by buccaneers of tho Spanish main. Tile news of the treasure sotm spread, and people hurried thither from all parts, bringing picks, and shovels with which to aid their,search. It is not the first occasion on which the I,'ortugueso coast has given up to the light of day., tho spoils-of pirates taken from passongor ships and Spanish galleonn.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 193, 9 May 1908, Page 10
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154PIRACY ON THE SPANISH MAIN. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 193, 9 May 1908, Page 10
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