CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[The Professor in Trouble]1
II.[The Professor’s Story]9
III.[News of Noddy Nixon]17
IV.[Over the Rio Grande]24
V.[A Thief in the Night]32
VI.[Into the Wilderness]41
VII.[A Fierce Fight]50
VIII.[The Old Mexican]58
IX.[A View of the Enemy]66
X.[Some Tricks in Magic]74
XI.[Noddy Nixon’s Plot]82
XII.[Noddy Schemes with Mexicans]90
XIII.[On the Trail]98
XIV.[The Angry Mexicans]105
XV.[Caught by an Alligator]112
XVI.[The Laughing Serpent]120
XVII.[An Interrupted Kidnapping]127
XVIII.[The Underground City]133
XIX.[In an Ancient Temple]141
XX.[Mysterious Happenings]148
XXI.[Noddy Has a Tumble]156
XXII.[Face to Face]163
XXIII.[Bob is Kidnapped]171
XXIV.[Bob Tries to Flee]179
XXV.[An Unexpected Friend]187
XXVI.[The Escape of Maximina]195
XXVII.[A Strange Message]204
XXVIII.[To the Rescue]212
XXIX.[The Fight]220
XXX.[Homeward Bound]229

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[THE BIG BEAST HAD A MONKEY IN ITS MOUTH.]
[THE NEXT INSTANT THERE WAS A RESOUNDING CRASH.]
[THEY SAW THE PROFESSOR CLINGING TO THE TAIL OF A MOUNTAIN LION.]

PREFACE.