CONTENTS

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I. The Boys Talk It Over[ 1]
II. Preparing for the Start[ 11]
III. On Board the Steamer[ 21]
IV. Venezuela, Past and Present[ 33]
V. Hockley Makes a Bosom Friend[ 42]
VI. A Plan that Failed[ 54]
VII. From Curaçao to La Guayra[ 63]
VIII. On a Cliff and Under[ 73]
IX. Hockley Shows His True Colors[ 81]
X. On Mule Back into Caracas[ 90]
XI. The Professor Meets an Old Friend[ 100]
XII. Markel Again to the Front[ 109]
XIII. A Plantation Home in Venezuela[ 119]
XIV. A Loss of Honor and Money[ 131]
XV. Something About Coffee Growing[ 143]
XVI. Darry’s Wild Ride[ 151]
XVII. A Talk about Beasts and Snakes[ 159]
XVIII. A Bitter Discovery[ 168]
XIX. Bathing at Macuto[ 177]
XX. A Short Voyage Westward[ 186]
XXI. The Squall on Lake Maracaibo[ 196]
XXII. Port of the Hair[ 205]
XXIII. A Stop at Trinidad[ 214]
XXIV. Up the River to Bolivar[ 224]
XXV. Something About Cocoa and Chocolate [ 234]
XXVI. Camping on the Upper Orinoco[ 242]
XXVII. Bringing Down an Ocelot[ 251]
XXVIII. Monkeys and a Canoe[ 261]
XXIX. Lost on the Orinoco[ 270]
XXX. In the Depths of the Jungle[ 279]
XXXI. Hockley and the Boa-Constrictor[ 287]
XXXII. A Peep at Gold and Silver Mines[ 296]
XXXIII. Together Again—Conclusion[ 304]