LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

[ "IN A SHORT TIME THEY HAD BOUND OUR ARMS TIGHTLY
WITH STRIPS OF HIDE" . . . . . . Frontispiece ]

[ "'HELP, HELP!' I EXCLAIMED FAINTLY; BUT HE HEARD ME,
AND I KNEW I WAS SAVED." ]

[ "PUSHING OFF HIS SANDY BED-CLOTHES AT OUR APPROACH,
HE STRUGGLED TO HIS FEET." ]

[ "'SAVE HIM, JUAN, SAVE HIM!'" ]

[ "HE GLANCED CONTEMPTUOUSLY AT THE GIGANTIC SORILLO." ]

[ "'A SOLDIER FROM AYACUCHO! HERE IS ONE OF OUR BRAVE
DELIVERERS!'" ]