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ell us that the treasure was carried to a coastal port and loaded on a great nuhty-six days The final twelve days were spent sailing across an inland sea until they cah, steep walls that rose out of the water like a great stone temple There, the Incas beached their ships, unloaded the treasure and carried it down a passageway to a cavern deep inside the island At this point, however you interpret it, the glyphs claiold hoard was stashed beside the banks of a river"
Oxley unrolled a map of the Western Hemisphere and traced the sea route fro the Pacific coast of Mexico "The inland sea must be the Gulf of California"
"Better known as the Sea of Cortez," added Moore
Sarason also studied the ree From the tip of Baja to Peru it's all open water"
"What about islands?" asked Zolar
"At least two dozen, maybe more," replied Oxley
"It would take years to search them all"
Sarason picked up and read the final page of the Moores' translation of the glyphs Then he stared coldly at Henry Moore "You're holding out, uidelines to finding the treasure Nodown the final step-by-step instructions"
Zolar carefully examined Moore's expression "Is this true, Doctor, that you and your wife have not provided us with a full solution to the riddle?"
"Micki and I have decoded all there is to decode There is no more"
"You're lying," said Zolar evenly
"Of course he's lying," Sarason snapped "Any moron can see that he and his wife have held back the vital clues"
"Not a sound course, Doctor You and Mrs Moon would be wise to abide by our agreement"
Moore shrugged "I'm not such a fool as you think," he said "The fact that you still refuse to identify your selves tells htest intention of carrying out our bargain What guarantee do I have that you'll hold up your end? Nobody, not even our friends and relatives, knohere ere taken Bringing us here wearing blindfolds and holding us virtual prisoners is nothing less than abduction What were you going to do once the full instructions for finding Huascar's treasure were in your hands? Blindfold us again and fly us ho to quietly disappear and beco?"
If Moore wasn't such an intelligent ist had seen through their plan and called their hand "All right, Doctor, ill it take for you to release the data?"