of their Coin, for which there is no Change to be got.
Silver and Gold are Metals they had little acquaintance with, till the Troubles of England, in the Reign of Charles the Firſt; at which Times, ſeveral Perſons taking Shelter in this Iſland, bringing over great Quantities, made it more familiar to them. But to this Day the Natives trade little in either of them.
There was, however, one Perſon who discovered ſo great a regard for the purer Metals, that he buried a great number of Spaniſh Pieces of Eight, and Moidores, in a Hole in the Earth near the Caſtle; which, about ſome forty Years ſince were found by Workmen who were digging to enlarge the Earl of Derby's Wine Vaults, but not knowing what to make of them, by reaſon they had loſt their Colour, carried them to the Overſeer of the Works, who, I hear, was not quite ſo ignorant of their Worth.
At the ſame time, they tell you was alſo found, about ſixteen Yards deep from the Surface, a pair of Shoes made of Braſs,
