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CONTENTS.

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PROLOGUE[1]

CHAPTER I.

AT THE MERCY OF CONSPIRATORS[5]

CHAPTER II.

HOW HAVERLY FOILED THE BOAT-STEALERS[12]

CHAPTER III.

BEYOND THE GREAT BARRIER[21]

CHAPTER IV.

TRAPPED![32]

CHAPTER V.

OVER THE CATARACT’S BRINK[38]

CHAPTER VI.

THE LAND OF ETERNAL TWILIGHT[45]

CHAPTER VII.

A REMARKABLE DISCOVERY AND ITS SEQUEL[55]

CHAPTER VIII.

THE ELK-HUNTERS[61]

CHAPTER IX.

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE “SEAL” [69]

CHAPTER X.

THE COMING OF THE GREAT FISH-LIZARD[76]

CHAPTER XI.

HOW HILTON ESCAPED FROM THE WOLF-MEN[83]

CHAPTER XII.

“GEHARI—THE WILY ONE” [91]

CHAPTER XIII.

THE FATE OF MERVYN[97]

CHAPTER XIV.

“RAHEE THE TERRIBLE!” [105]

CHAPTER XV.

FOR A FRIEND’S LIFE[112]

CHAPTER XVI.

HOW HAVERLY CHECKED THE STAMPEDE[119]

CHAPTER XVII.

A DUEL TO THE DEATH[126]

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE SINKING POOL[133]

CHAPTER XIX.

THE FIRE GULF[140]

CHAPTER XX.

THE LAST OF THE AYUTIS[147]

CHAPTER XXI.

“SUNSHINE!” [154]

CHAPTER XXII.

THE TERROR OF THE JUNGLE[164]

CHAPTER XXIII.

MUSWANI—MONSTER-FIGHTER[173]

CHAPTER XXIV.

A GLIMPSE OF THE UPPER WORLD[180]

CHAPTER XXV.

SEYMOUR’S FALL[189]

CHAPTER XXVI.

THE FASCINATION OF THE PRIEST[195]

CHAPTER XXVII.

IN THE VAULTS[202]

CHAPTER XXVIII.

IN THE WOLF-MEN’S HAUNTS[207]

CHAPTER XXIX.

RAHEE ASSISTS THE FUGITIVES[215]

CHAPTER XXX.

THE SCROLL OF NEOMRI[222]

CHAPTER XXXI.

“THE ‘SEAL!’” [229]

CHAPTER XXXII.

THE DOOM OF NORDHU[236]

CHAPTER XXXIII.

THE INVENTOR’S STORY[243]

CHAPTER XXXIV.

ON THE CREST OF THE TIDAL WAVE[248]

CHAPTER XXXV.

INTO THE SUNLIGHT[256]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

“For an instant it hung poised, then thundered downward” [Frontispiece]
“The next moment the rope parted behind him” [To face p. 92]
“The brute swung round and leapt again, missing his mark by a bare three inches” [116]
“Amid the hideous forms of the Wolf-men the Ayuti towered as a god” [148]
“The great saurian, reeling from the impact, lurched over upon his side” [174]
“‘See, I have brought their weapons’” [180]
“‘Back, you dogs!’ he roared. ‘A step further and your priest dies!’” [216]
“Scuttling down to the water’s edge with the giant elk pounding along behind him” [234]

THE WOLF-MEN.
[PROLOGUE.]

“YOU’LL come, then?”