the next beach; and that
is, that you will treat her as if she were your own sister."

FOOTNOTES:

[180-1] This selection is abridged from the twenty-fifth chapter in
_Westward Ho!_ Charles Kingsley's great novel of adventure.

In the story are related the adventures of Amyas Leigh, a large,
powerful and exceedingly vigorous man from Devonshire, who follows the
life of the sea during the days of Queen Elizabeth. Like many of the men
of his age, he becomes absorbed with the notion that in South America is
the great city of Manoa, whose wealth in gold and jewels far exceeds
that of Mexico and Peru.

After an exciting voyage, enlivened by conflicts with Spanish ships, the
survivors land on the coast of South America and proceed inward in
search of Manoa. Besides the dangers from Spaniards and natives, they
meet with all the perils of the wilderness: disease and death at the
hands of the Spaniards, Indians and wild animals thinning their ranks to
less than half; yet the spirits of Amyas never falter, and the remnant
of his force follow him with a devotion that is wonderful.

[180-2] Charles Kingsley, an English clergyman, was born in 1819 and
entered Cambridge University in 1838. Ten years later he published the
first of his stories, and in 1855, _Westward Ho!_ Next to this book
probably ranks his _Hypatia_, which he published in 1855, and which
tells a thrilling tale of the struggles of Christianity with the Greek
faith in the fifth century. He was a successful clergyman and became
Canon of Westminster. He visited the United States in 1874, but his
health was even then failing, and a year later he died.

[180-3] The party landed on the coast of South America, and in the
preceding chapter is told the story of their stay in a hospitable Indian
village where they rested and prepared themselves for two weeks of hard
travel.

[181-4] This Indian lad was rescued from the Spaniards by Amyas and is
devoted to the latter. He acts as interpreter, and his keen sight and
familiarity with the southern wilderness make him of great value to the
wanderers.

[181-5] Cundinamarca was the central province in what is now the
Republic of Colombia. Its streams are tributary to the Orinoco, though
it extends westward into the Andes. It derived its name from a native
American goddess, and before the Spaniards devastated the region it was
one of the chief centers of Indian civilization in South America.

[182-6] Salvation Yeo is a big