The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns
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- The Wonder Island Boys
- THE MYSTERIES OF THE CAVERNS
- ROGER T. FINLAY
- ILLUSTRATED
- "The professor was reading the scrap, and silently handed it to George"
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- List of Figures
- THE MYSTERIES OF THE CAVERNS
- CHAPTER I
- MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE TEAM
- CHAPTER II
- WORKING ON THE NEW BOAT
- Fig. 1. The Broken Yoke
- Fig 2-3. Working on the new boat
- Fig. 4. Cross Section.
- Fig. 5. Fig. 6. Red Angel.
- CHAPTER III
- THE HIDDEN MESSAGE
- Fig. 7. The Color Spectrum
- Fig. 8. Reflection Angle
- Fig. 9. The Hidden Message
- CHAPTER IV
- THE TERRIBLE MONSOONS
- Fig. 10. The First Gun
- Fig. 11. The Bullet
- Fig. 12. The Sea-going Boat
- CHAPTER V
- THE VOYAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANGEL, AND THE DISCOVERY
- CHAPTER VI
- THE GRUESOME FINDS IN THE CAVE
- Fig. 13 The Treasure Cave
- CHAPTER VII
- THE TREASURES OF THE CAVE
- "We have probably found a pirate's lair, and here is the booty"
- CHAPTER VIII
- REMOVING THE VESSELS FROM THE CAVERNS
- Fig. 14. The Slab Found in the Cave
- Portugese Coin 1700, Spanish Pistole, Peruvian Dollar. Fig. 15. Old Coins found in Cave.
- CHAPTER IX
- MAKING ELECTRICITY
- Fig. 16. Cane Crusher.
- Fig. 17. A Magnet
- Fig. 18. Magnetic Induction
- Fig. 19. Fig. 19a. The Two Magnets
- Fig. 20. Making a Permanent Magnet
- CHAPTER X
- STARTING ON THE VOYAGE TO THE WEST
- Fig. 21. Fig. 22. Illustrating Wind Pressure
- CHAPTER XI
- A TERRIBLE VOYAGE AND THE SHIPWRECK
- Fig. 23. Mariner's Compass
- The Northern Shore OF WONDER ISLAND. Chart showing Voyage in "No. 3." Fig. 24.
- Fig. 25. The Charting Board
- CHAPTER XII
- THE RETURN TRIP. THE ORANG-OUTAN
- Fig. 26. Guava.
- Fig. 27. Coffee.
- CHAPTER XIII
- THE STRANGE VISITOR
- "The professor walked toward him and held out his hand"
- CHAPTER XIV
- AN EXCITING TRIP TO THE FALLS
- Fig. 28. Cream Separator.
- CHAPTER XV
- THE STORY OF THE CAVE
- CHAPTER XVI
- MUSIC AND ANIMALS
- Fig. 29. The Lion and Cubs
- CHAPTER XVII
- THE TRIP THROUGH THE DENSE FOREST
- Fig. 30 Puma
- CHAPTER XVIII
- SEEING THE FIRST SAVAGES
- "With a single stroke the body of the snake was severed above the last coil"
- Fig. 31. Acajou.
- GLOSSARY OF WORDS USED IN TEXT
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