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  "EVERYWHERE WAS GOLD, STACKED UPON THE FLOOR, PILEDAGAINST THE WALLS." See page 208.]

  TREASURE OF KINGS

  Being the Story of the Discovery of the "Big Fish," or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru.

  By

  MAJOR CHARLES GILSON

  _Author of "The Realm of the Wizard King," "The Fire Gods,"_ _"In the Power of the Pygmies," etc._

  With Frontispiece in Colour and Eight Full-page Illustrations by R. CATON WOODVILLE, R.I.

  LONDON "THE BOY'S OWN PAPER" OFFICE, 4, Bouverie Street, E.C. 4

  BY THE SAME AUTHOR

  The Realm of the Wizard King. A Tale of Prehistoric Monsters.The Scarlet Hand. A Tale of a Secret Society.Submarine U93. A Tale of the Great War at Sea.The Fire Gods. A Tale of the African Forest.The Mystery of Ah Jim. A Tale of the Sea.On Secret Service. A Spy Story.The Lost Empire. A Tale of the Battle of the Nile.The Lost Column. A Tale of the Boxer Rebellion.The Lost Island. A Tale of the Mysterious East.The Sword of Freedom. A Tale of the English Revolution.The Spy. A Tale of the Peninsular War.The Race Round the World. A Tale of a new Motor Spirit.The Pirate Aeroplane. A Tale of Ancient Egypt.In the Power of the Pygmies. A Tale of the Congo.A Motor Scout in Flanders. A Tale of the Fall of Antwerp.Across the Cameroons. A Tale of the Great War in West Africa.Held by Chinese Brigands. A Tale of China.The Society of the Tortoise Mask. A Tale of a Secret Society.The Captives of the Caves. A Tale of Savage Men.The Sword of Deliverance. A Tale of the Balkan War.

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER I--JOHN BANNISTER CHAPTER II--THE COMING OF AMOS CHAPTER III--THE MAP CHAPTER IV--KIDNAPPED CHAPTER V--I SET FORTH UPON MY VOYAGE CHAPTER VI--I AM CONCERNED IN A MUTINY CHAPTER VII--AND AM MADE TO PAY FOR IT CHAPTER VIII--INTO THE WILDERNESS CHAPTER IX--I AM LEFT TO MY DOOM CHAPTER X--HOW THE WILD MEN CAME AND LOOKED AT ME CHAPTER XI--I BURN MY BOATS CHAPTER XII--THE PATH OF THE TIGER CHAPTER XIII--THE STORY OF ATUPO CHAPTER XIV--THE GLADE OF SILENT DEATH CHAPTER XV--HOW I BEHELD A MIRACLE CHAPTER XVI--I FIND THE "BIG FISH" CHAPTER XVII--THE GREATER TREASURE CHAPTER XVIII--I FALL IN WITH A FRIEND CHAPTER XIX--THE BOATSWAIN TELLS HIS STORY CHAPTER XX--I RETURN TO THE SOLDIER'S TOMB CHAPTER XXI--I AM MADE A GHOST, AND THEN A FOOL CHAPTER XXII--MR. FORSYTH AND I BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED CHAPTER XXIII--HOW AMOS GAINED POSSESSION OF THE MAP CHAPTER XXIV--HOW AMOS WAS POSSESSED OF SEVEN DEVILS CHAPTER XXV--HOW THE SHEEP WERE SHORN CHAPTER XXVI--A NIGHT OF TERROR CHAPTER XXVII--HOW AMOS MET HIS END CHAPTER XXVIII--CONCLUSION

  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  BY R. CATON WOODVILLE, R.I.

  "Everywhere was gold, stacked upon the floor, piled against the walls" .. . . . . . . . Frontispiece

  "'Because,' he answered slowly, 'because you are a caveman, too'"

  "He rolled back the boulder as though it were nothing" (missing frombook)

  "And bound I was, then and there, to a stout palm tree, a littledistance from the margin of the forest"

  "They came closer than ever, to within an arm's length of me"

  "I had reached the conclusion of my journey. The Big Fish was there"

  "'Hands up!' he cried. 'Hands up, you brown barbarian, or else I shootyou dead!'"

  "'Lie there and rot!' he shouted. And they below heard his footsteps ashe danced upon the stone"

  "And so we came to the seashore, and saw the sun go down upon the wideand golden Pacific Ocean"

  INSCRIBED TO

  BROMLEY DAVID SMITH-DORRIEN

  TREASURE OF KINGS