But I must bear the shock, I must die.

Come all you young and old, see me die, see me die, Come all you young and old, see me die,

Come all you young and old, you're welcome to my gold. For by it I've lost my soul, and must die.

And deciareth Take warning now by me, for I must die, for I must die, that he must go Take warning now by me, for I must die,

^° ^^'dT'^ h^3 Take warning now by me, and shun bad company, wickedness. Lest you come to hell with me, for I must die.

Lest you come to hell with me, for I must die.^

Smith, the historian, observes, " that it is certain the pirates were frequently in the Sound, and supplied with provisions by the inhabitants of Long Island, who, for many years afterwards, were so infatuated with a notion, that the pirates buried great quantities of money along the coast, that there is scarce a point of land, or an island, without the marks of their au7H sacra fames, So.ne credulous people have ruined themselves by their researches, and propagated a thousand idle fables current to this day, among our country farmers.''^ There is a tradition that Kidd buried money beside a rock on Huckleberry island. ^

Almost every boulder and erratic block in this vicinity has been examined by the gold hunters in search of pirates' money.

On the opposite shore of Long Island is a small promontory which runs into tlie entrance of Hempstead bay, called to this day Kidd's point, " upon which several companies of diggers for Kidd's money have expended much time and labor.''^ At a