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  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER I. PAGE "WILL NO ONE EXPLORE RORAIMA?" 1

  CHAPTER II. MONELLA 17

  CHAPTER III. THE JOURNEY FROM THE COAST 26

  CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST VIEW OF RORAIMA 36

  CHAPTER V. IN THE 'DEMONS' WOOD' 45

  CHAPTER VI. THE MYSTERIOUS CAVERN 58

  CHAPTER VII. THE CANYON WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN 70

  CHAPTER VIII. ALONE ON RORAIMA'S SUMMIT 79

  CHAPTER IX. VISION OR REALITY? 88

  CHAPTER X. IN SIGHT OF EL DORADO! 98

  CHAPTER XI. ULAMA, PRINCESS OF MANOA 106

  CHAPTER XII. A PRELIMINARY SKIRMISH 119

  CHAPTER XIII. A KING'S GREETING 129

  CHAPTER XIV. DAKLA 141

  CHAPTER XV. MARVELS OF MANOA 153

  CHAPTER XVI. LEONARD AND ULAMA 167

  CHAPTER XVII. THE FIGHT ON THE HILLSIDE 177

  CHAPTER XVIII. THE LEGEND OF MELLENDA 188

  CHAPTER XIX. HOPES AND FEARS 199

  CHAPTER XX. THE MESSAGE OF APALANO 210

  CHAPTER XXI. THE GREAT DEVIL-TREE 221

  CHAPTER XXII. SMILES AND TEARS 236

  CHAPTER XXIII. THE DEVIL-TREE BY MOONLIGHT 246

  CHAPTER XXIV. TRAPPED! 256

  CHAPTER XXV. 'IN THE DEVIL-TREE'S LARDER' 268

  CHAPTER XXVI. CORYON 282

  CHAPTER XXVII. ON THE 'DEVIL-TREE'S LADLE' 290

  CHAPTER XXVIII. RALLYING TO THE CALL 301

  CHAPTER XXIX. 'THOU ART MY LORD MELLENDA!' 308

  CHAPTER XXX. A TERRIBLE VENGEANCE 317

  CHAPTER XXXI. 'THE SON OF APALANO!' 327

  CHAPTER XXXII. THE TREE'S LAST MEAL 339

  CHAPTER XXXIII. THE LAST OF THE GREAT DEVIL-TREE 350

  CHAPTER XXXIV. A MARRIAGE AND A PARTING 360

  CHAPTER XXXV. JUST IN TIME! 369

  CHAPTER XXXVI. THE END 382