Chapter I: Front Matter

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Five Thousand Miles Underground

Or

The Mystery of the Centre of the Earth

BY

ROY ROCKWOOD

Author of "Through the Air to the North Pole," "Under
the Ocean to the South Pole," "The Rival
Ocean Divers," Etc.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY

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Or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch

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Or The Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder

FIVE THOUSAND MILES UNDERGROUND
Or The Mystery of the Centre of the Earth

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Copyright, 1908, by
Cupples & Leon Company

Five Thousand Miles Underground

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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

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FIVE THOUSAND MILES UNDERGROUND