Under Livesey's questioning, the captain explains his objections, admits that he has no proof that the first officer and crew are not to be trusted, but says that this treasure hunt will be a dangerous voyage. Livesey steps in and prevents him from firing Smollett on the spot. The squire, saying he has told no one about the map and the island, begins to bluster heatedly, but Dr. Arrow, of associating too freely with the common sailors, and especially does not like the fact that the whole crew knows they are sailing for treasure - and knows the bearings of the island - when he himself has been told none of this. He does not trust many of the crew (which it ought to have been his right as captain to hire), does not like the habit of his first mate, Mr. Smollett has complaints about the enterprise. Smollett, referred to earlier as the 'sailing master') asks to speak with Trelawney, and Jim and the doctor stay in attendance. When Jim, Trelawney, and Livesey board the Hispaniola, at the beginning of Chapter 9 ('Powder and Arms'), the captain (Mr. Then he goes back to his tavern and the others set off to see the ship. Apologizing for his failure to have apprehended the pirate, Silver returns with Jim to the inn where Trelawney and Livesey are waiting and tells the story to them, impressing the doctor, too, with his apparent honest worthiness. Silver sends two men out to run after Black Dog, but they return saying they have lost him in the crowd. But he is soon convinced, by Silver's cleanliness, his courtesy, and in general his overall charisma, that Silver is an honest man.

Jim is at first suspicious of the one-legged Silver, and especially so upon seeing Black Dog, whom he knows to be a pirate. The squire sends Jim (in Chapter 8, 'At the Sign of the 'Spy-Glass'') to take a letter to Long John Silver at the tavern he owns, and there - after Silver has announced loudly that this is their new cabin boy - a man whom Jim recognizes as Black Dog runs out the door. Trelawney greets them and says they will sail the next day. So, after a day's visit with Jim's mother at the inn (repaired now and refurnished by the squire), Jim and Redruth set off by stage for Bristol, an overnight journey.

He directs them to come as soon as possible to Bristol. After a few weeks, Jim and Tom Redruth, the squire's trusted servant and head gamekeeper, receive a letter from Trelawney that informs them he has bought a schooner, the Hispaniola, and has hired a crew (with the help and advice of a man called Long John Silver, whom he has engaged as ship's cook). Livesey is in London to arrange for someone to take over his medical practice and Squire Trelawney is in Bristol to buy and outfit a ship. As Chapter 7 ('I Go to Bristol') begins, Jim is staying at the squire's Hall for his protection and that of the map, while Dr.

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