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labourers reached ten feet they struck granite; to be
precise, the granite statue of a waterlogged-woman.
Andromeda!
Months of excavation around the statue unearthed
layers of lime cement, (commonly used by pirates,
and made by burning coral until it turns to lime), but
also etchings of a scimitar blade next to a ram’s horn
and the chiselled form of a ship which Wilkins called
‘Argo’ – Jason’s ship. Slowly but surely, a pattern was
emerging in which every fresh clue was finding its
rightful place.
Rummaging further through the hillside opposite,
Wilkins came across further clues; a stone
representation of Pegasus, Perseus’ winged horse,
beneath which lay a cavern fashioned with clay
and fragments of quartz. Was this the treasure cave
that La Buse built but never used? Not far off, was a
rock bearing hoof print-like markings which Wilkins
recognised from his hunting days as those of a stag
and which would prove to