For the rest—if objection be taken to the accounts of the mountain and what is to be found on its summit given by the characters in my story—I desire to claim the licence of the romance-writer to maintain their accuracy—till the contrary be proved. If this shall serve to stimulate to renewed efforts at exploration, so much the better, and another of my objects in writing the book will thereby have been attained.
FRANK AUBREY.
[1] The Indians of British Guiana pronounce this word Roreema.
[2] Mr. Barrington Brown says the mountain can only be ascended by means of balloons (see article previously referred to on page [3]); and Mr. Boddam-Whetham came to the same conclusion.
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] |