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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 tied before we left them?"
"I was particularly careful," answered Harry, "to tie both of them."
"I am pretty sure that both were securely fastened, and they were in that condition when I came back the last time," was George's reply.
To understand the peculiar situation above referred to, it will be necessary to go back and briefly relate some of the remarkable events which had taken place in the lives of the three people concerned in this history.
George Mayfield and Harry Crandall, together with a Professor, were mates on a ship training school, which sailed from New York