Chapter Summary 34: And Last

In this chapter, they return to England.

The very next morning everyone, except the mutineers, work on loading the boat with the treasure. After the gold is loaded, they decide to leave the mutineers on the island with supplies. As they are sailing out, they see the mutineers on the shore, crying for help. After the mutineers realize they are not coming back, one of them shoots and shoots. When they eventually no longer see the island, they ride to Spanish America as England is not close enough for them to reach with the supplies. While there, Silver takes a small portion of the treasure and leaves with a note. They then go back to England and they each spend their share of the treasure in different ways. However, Jim can still hear Captain Flint singing in his ears, “Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!”

Chapter Summary 33: The Fall of a Chieftain

In this chapter, Jim and Silver escape from the mutineers and join the good hands.

Silver quickly reacted and gave Jim a gun. The mutineers looked through the remains, but only found two guineas. The men get very angry and get ready to attack, but then suddenly three shots are fired. A man dies. Then Silver quickly fires. The men then run off and the team of Ben Gunn, one of the good hands, the doctor, Jim, and Silver run to head them off at the boat. Silver desperately tries to keep up. They then decide to take a break as they have already headed the mutineers off. They explain their stories. After they caught their breath, the demolished one of the two boats and rowed the other one to where the ship is. Once they land, they meet the squire. They then enter Ben Gunn’s cave to find the treasure. Jim thinks back to how many people died to just get that treasure. They then see the captain who is still somewhat injured, but better.

Chapter Summary 32: The Treasure-hunt – The Voice Among the Trees

In this chapter, the mutineers find the spot where the treasure was supposed to be.


When they get closer to the treasure, they hear the song, “Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest – Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!” They think that it’s Flint spirit. The voice continues on to say, “Darby M’Graw! Darby M’Graw! Darby M’Graw!  Fetch aft the rum, Darby!” Silver tries to raise the men’s spirits and after much trial and error, he convinces them that it is Ben Gunn. When they arrive at the final point around where the treasure should be, they find a hole and the treasure has already been dug up.

Chapter Summary 31: The Treasure-hunt – Flint’s Pointer

In this chapter, the mutineers along with Jim look for the treasure.

Silver says that he could tell that the doctor wanted Jim to run for it. As they are having breakfast, Jim sees the men being wasteful and throwing leftover food into the fire. He could see why they would not have survived long if the doctor hadn’t given them supplies. After breakfast, Silver says they are going to go treasure hunting and they are taking Jim along. Jim thinks about how Silver would betray him any second if was beneficial to him. They follow the instructions on the map and as they follow the instructions they find a human skeleton. Then after raising the men’s spirits, Silver continues to follow the map.