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Naming the stranger John. Startled at sound of the name.
Mechanically performing work. Examining the skulls.
XIV. AN EXCITING TRIP TO THE FALLS
The food supply. Butter. Cream. Centrifugal motion. Difference in
specific gravity between cream and milk. Making a cream separator.
Vegetables. Onions. Chives. The stranger as a prospector. Procuring
samples. Peculiarities of his malady. An exciting encounter with a bear.
John's skill as a hunter. Another honey tree. Killed with a spear. The
bear pelt. Visiting the falls. Action to indicate that John recognizes the
falls.
XV. THE STORY OF THE CAVE
Mystery about John. Humanity's search. The desire to know and
acquire. Gathering supplies for an extended trip by land. The boys visit
the cave. Determine to search the chamber visited by the Professor.
Gorgeous calcareous hangings. The ghosts of past centuries. Gold and
silver vessels. Skeletons. A recess. A row of chests. Spanish guns. The
chained skeletons in the recess. An arsenal. The struggle. Locked in the
embrace of death. Ancient origin of the cave. Paleontology. Stone and
bronze ages. Atlantis, the great continent in the Atlantic, which
disappeared. Story of the Egyptian priests. The actinic rays. Purifying
action of sunlight. Bacteria. Glass houses. The eye. How it expresses
character. Laughter. How it brightens the eye. Fishhooks. A fishing
party. The salmon.
XVI. MUSIC AND ANIMALS

Preserving fish. Why heat is used. The use of tin for cans. Music. The
violin made by the boys. Violin strings; what they are made of. How
they are prepared and treated. The concert. How the music affected Red
Angel. John enraptured. How it touched him. The change in his eyes.
The field mouse. How different animals are moved by music. The lion.
Hippopotamus. Tigers. Monkeys. Momentary flashes of intelligence in
John. Building a new wagon. Finding and making paint. Lead.
Fermentation. Flax. Driers. Turpentine. Synthetic food. Analysis.
Tubes for powder. Completing the guns. Stocking the wagon with
provisions. Starting on the trip. Jack and Jill. The sixth trip.
XVII. THE TRIP THROUGH THE DENSE FOREST
The trip along Cataract River. The great forest. How Angel traveled.
Reaching South River. Discovering a second falls. Where the debris on
a seashore comes from. The jungle. Leaving the river. The two animals
in the night. The camp aroused. A fight in the dark. The puma. The
frightened team. The injured yak. Animal language. The panther.
Trying to avoid the forest. Growing denser. John and Harry scouting
through the forest. Blazing a trail. The hidden luncheon. End of the
forest. Returning to the wagon. The noise in their path. The wagon
following the trail. The injured yak improving.
XVIII. SEEING THE FIRST SAVAGES
Teaching Angel. Finding a campfire. Determine from the conditions
that it was recently made. Prospecting from the tops of trees. A
climbing ring. How made and used. The climbing operation. Harry sees
another forest to the south. Clear in the west. The wounded yak calls a
halt. Resuming the journey. Harry in the grasp of a giant anaconda.
John severs its body with a bolo. Boa constrictor. The python. The
Cashew tree. Gum arabic. Seeing the West River. Discovering signs of
habitations to the south. Course to be followed in meeting the natives.
Hearing voices in the night. Crackling of twigs. A party of savages.
The next morning. Examining the tracks made by the midnight party.
Following the trail thus made. The open country. The first view of the
inhabitants.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"The Professor was reading the scrap, and silently handed it to George"
"'We have probably found a pirate's lair, and here is the booty'"
"The Professor walked toward him and held out his hand"
"With a single stroke the body of the snake was severed above the last
coil"

LIST OF FIGURES
1. The Broken Yoke
2. Top View of Boat
3. Side View of Boat
4. Cross Section of Boat
5. Force of Momentum
6. Red Angel
7. The Color Spectrum
8. Reflection Angle
9. The Hidden Message
10. The First Gun
11. The Bullet
12. The Sea-going Boat

13. The Cave
14. The Slab Found in the Cave
15. Old Coins Found in Cave
16. Cane Crusher
17. A Magnet
18. Magnetic Induction
19. The Two Magnets
20. Making a Permanent Magnet
21. Illustrating Wind Pressure, 1
22. Illustrating Wind Pressure, 2
23. Mariner's Compass
24. Chart of the Voyage
25. The Charting Board
26. Guava
27. Coffee
28. Cream Separator
29. The Lion and Cubs
30. The Puma
31. The Acajou

THE MYSTERIES OF THE CAVERNS
CHAPTER I
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE TEAM
The boys looked at the Professor in amazement. They were too much
excited and concerned at the new situation to be able to interpret what
the sudden disappearance of their team meant.
The Professor turned to the boys: "Are you sure the yaks were