BY
PERCY F. WESTERMAN
Illustrated by E. S. Hodgson
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
Printed and bound in Great Britain
Contents
| Chap. | Page | ||
| I. | [Paid Off] | 9 | |
| II. | [A Day of Surprises] | 17 | |
| III. | [Uncle Brian] | 27 | |
| IV. | [Don Ramon Diaz] | 34 | |
| V. | [The Menace] | 40 | |
| VI. | [The Super Flying-boat] | 48 | |
| VII. | [Peter's First Ascent] | 54 | |
| VIII. | [Uncle Brian's Secret] | 62 | |
| IX. | [The Proving of the Rays] | 69 | |
| X. | [Plans for Escape] | 79 | |
| XI. | [Up the Rio Guaya] | 87 | |
| XII. | ["Caught Out"] | 100 | |
| XIII. | [Wrecked] | 110 | |
| XIV. | [A Change of Locomotion] | 120 | |
| XV. | [Over the Sierras] | 131 | |
| XVI. | ["Crashed"] | 143 | |
| XVII. | [The Passage Perilous] | 152 | |
| XVIII. | [Orders for Cavendish] | 162 | |
| XIX. | [The Decoy Ship] | 169 | |
| XX. | [Two Against One] | 180 | |
| XXI. | [A Stern Chase] | 191 | |
| XXII. | [Flying-boats versus Destroyers] | 200 | |
| XXIII. | [At the Admiralty] | 212 | |
| XXIV. | [War in Home Waters] | 224 | |
| XXV. | [Seaplane and Submarine] | 232 | |
| XXVI. | [Orders to Proceed] | 241 | |
| XXVII. | [In Action—Fore-top] | 250 | |
| XXVIII. | [In Action—'Tween Decks] | 265 | |
| XXIX. | [After the Battle] | 279 | |
| XXX. | [The End of the Rioguayan Air Fleet] | 288 | |
| XXXI. | [Peter Goes Ashore] | 299 | |
| XXXII. | ["The Fence Impregnable"] | 311 |
| Illustrations | ||
|---|---|---|
| Facing page | ||
| [Making up the river] | Frontispiece | |
| [Peter meets Señor Diaz] | 32 | |
| [Peter tackles the Sentry] | 128 | |
| [The "Panic Party"] (missing from book) | 184 | |
| ["Weeds! Bear a hand!"] | 272 | |
| [A blaze of dazzling beams] | 296 |