Peru. Legends are current that they founded a great city there, and that
their descendants occupy it at the present time. But the forests are so
thick, and the Indian tribes so hostile, that the country has never yet
been explored, and it may be reserved for some future traveller,
possessing the determination of my two heroes, to clear up the mystery of
this city as they penetrated that of the lost treasure-ship. It need
hardly be said that the state of confusion, misrule, and incessant civil
wars which I have described as prevailing in Peru presents a true picture
of the country at the period in which this story is laid.

G. A. HENTY.




CONTENTS


CHAP.

I. HOW IT CAME ABOUT

II. THE START

III. AT LIMA

IV. A STREET FRAY

V. AMONG THE MOUNTAINS