A more stupid affair I never heard of.
"Now, as to the clew, any reasonable man would have given full instructions as to how the treasure was to be found; or if he did not do that, would, at least, instead of carrying about an absurd coin and a scrap of paper with a name upon it, have written his instructions and put them in that ridiculous hiding place, or, more wisely still, would have instructed his solicitor fully on the subject.

The amount of trouble given by men, otherwise perfectly sane, by cranks and fancies is astonishing.

Here is something like 100,000 pounds lost owing to a superstitious whim.

As to your chance of finding the treasure, I regard it as small indeed.

The things are hidden in India, in some old tomb, or other rubbishing place.