Copyright, 1908, by
Cupples & Leon Company
Five Thousand Miles Underground

CONTENTS

I[WASHINGTON BACKS OUT]
II[THE FLYING MERMAID]
III[WASHINGTON DECIDES]
IV[WHAT DID MARK SEE?]
V[ATTACKED BY A WHALE]
VI[THE CYCLONE]
VII[A QUEER SAIL]
VIII[THE FLYING MERMAID DISABLED]
IX[THE MUTINY]
X[FOOLING THEIR ENEMIES]
XI[MYSTERIOUS HAPPENINGS]
XII[THE BIG HOLE]
XIII[DOWN INTO THE EARTH]
XIV[MANY MILES BELOW]
XV[IN THE STRANGE DRAUGHT]
XVI[THE NEW LAND]
XVII[A STRANGE COUNTRY]
XVIII[CAUGHT BY A STRANGE PLANT]
XIX[THE BIG PEACH]
XX[OVERHAULING THE SHIP]
XXI[THE FISH THAT WALKED]
XXII[THE SNAKE-TREE]
XXIII[THE DESERTED VILLAGE]
XXIV[THE GIANTS]
XXV[HELD BY THE ENEMY]
XXVII[A FRIEND INDEED]
XXVII[A GREAT JOURNEY]
XXVIII[THE TEMPLE OF TREASURE]
XXIX[BACK HOME—CONCLUSION]

FIVE THOUSAND MILES UNDERGROUND

CHAPTER I
WASHINGTON BACKS OUT

“Washington! I say Washington!”

Throughout a big shed, filled for the most part with huge pieces of machinery, echoed the voice of Professor Amos Henderson. He did not look up from a small engine over which he was bending.

“Washington! Where are you? Why don’t you answer me?”