, hungry jaws snapped viciously as she cast herself
amongst them, and an instant later where, with a shriek of horror, she
disappeared for ever beneath the waters, the swiftly-flowing current was
tinged red by long streaks of human blood.

In an excess of religious fervour she had sacrificed herself to her god
Zomara.

* * * * *

This is no apologue. Little there remains to tell. Under the beneficent
rule of Omar and Liola power, prosperity and contentment have now
returned to the mysterious ancient realm, within which I have been the
first stranger to set foot. As principal official of the ruler of the
land that, although familiar to me, is still a mystery to the Royal
Geographical Society, I left for England a few months ago on a mission to
the greatest White Queen, Victoria, offering her assistance in her effort
to crush the cruel sway of our mutual enemies the Ashantis. Our offer was
cordially accepted, and the successful issue of the campaign which caused
the downfall of Prempeh is now well known. Before returning to resume my
duties as Governor of Mo, the far-off spectral City in the Clouds, into
which no stranger may enter, I have, however, written down, at the
instigation of the publishers whose name this volume bears upon its
title-page, this plain tale of travel, treason and treasure as a record
of the first successful journey to the high-up, inaccessible land of the
Naya, the once-dreaded Great White Queen.

THE END.

Transcriber's Notes.

1. Inconsistencies in hyphenation & spelling left intact.

2. Missing quotation marks and periods have been added, see HTML version
for more details.

3. Errors corrected:
"CHAPTER III" changed to "CHAPTER XIII"
"After some futher discussion" changed to "After some further discussion"

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