The Inca Emerald

by Samuel Scoville

PRINTED IN U. S. A.

To

ALICE TRUMBULL SCOVILLE

My Kindest Critic

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	The Beginning	[3]
II	A New World	[29]
III	The Vampires	[52]
IV	Death River	[74]
V	Shipwreck	[99]
VI	The Black Tiger	[126]
VII	The Yellow Snake	[153]
VIII	The Man-Eaters	[177]
IX	The Pit	[203]
X	Sky Bridge	[227]
XI	The Lost City	[250]
XII	Eldorado	[275]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

From the heart of the jungle sounded the deep, coughing roar of a jaguar	[Frontispiece]
	FACING PAGE
"The bushmaster is the largest, rarest, and deadliest of South American serpents"	[6]
It showed itself as the great condor of the Andes, the second largest bird that flies	[242]
Hideous heads suddenly showed over the edge of the wall	[264]

[CHAPTER I]

The Beginning