Captain Bones is said to have chosen the Benbow Inn because it is isolated and has few visitors. This is confided to Jim by Bones's porter, who accompanied him to the Inn when he first arrived, and was insinuated by Bones in conversation with Jim's father, saying the inn was suited to his tastes specifically because it saw little business.
This is in Bones's best interests because he's suspicious of being found by his former shipmates, and he spends most of his days scanning for signs of having been found out, and keeps Jim and his parents under standing orders to report to him the arrival of anyone who looks like a sailor, and especially a man with one leg. Evidently he wasn't isolated enough, because after several months (the exact length of time is unspecified) Black Dog finds Bones at the inn, and Bones dies shortly thereafter.
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