four cups he claimed were "Italianate"a box of... 571
four cups he claimed were "Italianate"a box of gears (whatever that might
mean)and nails without numberHe had also
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found half a China ManNot a Chinaman; a China
ManIt wasn't pictured, at least not that I could
seeThe story said Eastlake had been diving on
the eroded reefs west of Duma Key for fifteen
years, sometimes to fish, often just to relaxHe
said he had found all sorts of litter, but nothing
of interestHe said that the Alice (he called it
that) had generated some remarkably big waves, and
they must have shifted the sand inside the reef
just enough to reveal what he called "a dumping
field
"He doesn't call it a wreck," I said
"It wasn't," Wireman saidHe
didn't find one, and neither did the dozens of
people who helped him try to recover the bodies miu miu bags in white of
his little girlsThey would have
found a wreck if there was a wreck to find; the
water on the southwest end of the Key is no more
than twenty-five feet deep all the way out to what
remains of Kitt Reef, and it's pretty clear now
Back then it was like turquoise glass
"Any theories about how it came to be there?"
"SureThe best is that some boat close to
foundering came blowing in a hundred, two hundred,
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three hundred years before, shedding shit as it
cameOr maybe the crew was tossing stuff
overboard to stay afloatThey made repairs after
the storm was over and went on their wayIt would
explain why there was a swath of detritus for
Eastlake to find, and also why none of it was
particularly valuableTreasure would have stayed
with the ship
"And the reef d
