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Silver was still arguing with his former comrades regarding Jim and he accused Merry of being "brisk for business". He took Jim to one side and told him that he had taken to him "like pitch" and that he was "as smart as paint". Silver produced the map and then stood down as Cap'n. The pirates then rushed off to get the treasure.

The way to the treasure was macabre, the trail having been lined by Flint with his dead crew's corpses to point the way to the Dubloons. The pirates were further spooked when they heard Ben Gunn crying out the name of a former shipmate "Darby McGraw" in a ghostlike manner.

They found an old sea chest but after digging around it, they realised the treasure had gone. They then turned on Silver and in the resulting fight Silver killed George Merry, and he and Jim were rescued by Livesey, Trelawney et al - along with Ben Gunn. Gunn revealed that he had hidden the treasure in his cave and after rescuing the Squire's party had taken them there as well. You'll have to read the book to find out what happens next ...On Merchants landing, guiding people from Redcliffe Wharf to the new Museum of Bristol would be an ordinary seaman carrying his load along the quayside - but in our case the treasure from Ben Gunn's cave to the safety of the Hispaniola. Even if you weren't on the trail it would be a scene reminiscent of Bristol's past.