E-text prepared by Joe Longo, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/c/)

THE MYSTERIES OF THE CAVERNS

ROGER T. FINLAY

ILLUSTRATED

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY New York Copyright, 1914

"The professor was reading the scrap, and silently handed it to George"

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

List of Figures

THE MYSTERIES OF THE CAVERNS

CHAPTER I

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE TEAM

CHAPTER II

WORKING ON THE NEW BOAT

Fig. 1. The Broken Yoke

Fig 2-3. Working on the new boat

Fig. 4. Cross Section.

Fig. 5.

Fig. 6. Red Angel.

CHAPTER III

THE HIDDEN MESSAGE

Fig. 7. The Color Spectrum

Fig. 8. Reflection Angle

Fig. 9. The Hidden Message

CHAPTER IV

THE TERRIBLE MONSOONS

Fig. 10. The First Gun

Fig. 11. The Bullet

Fig. 12. The Sea-going Boat

CHAPTER V

THE VOYAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANGEL, AND THE DISCOVERY

CHAPTER VI

THE GRUESOME FINDS IN THE CAVE

Fig. 13 The Treasure Cave

CHAPTER VII

THE TREASURES OF THE CAVE

"We have probably found a pirate's lair, and here is the booty"

CHAPTER VIII

REMOVING THE VESSELS FROM THE CAVERNS

Fig. 14. The Slab Found in the Cave

Portugese Coin 1700, Spanish Pistole, Peruvian Dollar.

Fig. 15. Old Coins found in Cave.

CHAPTER IX

MAKING ELECTRICITY

Fig. 16. Cane Crusher.

Fig. 17. A Magnet

Fig. 18. Magnetic Induction

Fig. 19. Fig. 19a. The Two Magnets

Fig. 20. Making a Permanent Magnet

CHAPTER X

STARTING ON THE VOYAGE TO THE WEST

Fig. 21. Fig. 22. Illustrating Wind Pressure

CHAPTER XI

A TERRIBLE VOYAGE AND THE SHIPWRECK

Fig. 23. Mariner's Compass

The Northern Shore OF WONDER ISLAND. Chart showing Voyage in "No. 3." Fig. 24.

Fig. 25. The Charting Board

CHAPTER XII

THE RETURN TRIP. THE ORANG-OUTAN

Fig. 26. Guava.

Fig. 27. Coffee.

CHAPTER XIII

THE STRANGE VISITOR

"The professor walked toward him and held out his hand"

CHAPTER XIV

AN EXCITING TRIP TO THE FALLS

Fig. 28. Cream Separator.

CHAPTER XV

THE STORY OF THE CAVE

CHAPTER XVI

MUSIC AND ANIMALS

Fig. 29. The Lion and Cubs

CHAPTER XVII

THE TRIP THROUGH THE DENSE FOREST

Fig. 30 Puma

CHAPTER XVIII

SEEING THE FIRST SAVAGES

"With a single stroke the body of the snake was severed above the last coil"

Fig. 31. Acajou.

GLOSSARY OF WORDS USED IN TEXT

Other books from

THE NEW YORK BOOK COMPANY 147 Fourth Avenue New York

THE WONDER ISLAND BOYS

THE "HOW-TO-DO-IT" BOOKS

THE BOY GLOBE TROTTERS

The Ethel Morton Books

The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts

A SERIES OF BOOKS FOR BOYS

Boy Scout Nature Lore to be Found in The Hickory Ridge Boy Scout Series, all illustrated:—