ind under the pretense that he wished to stay at the cave
entrance until they returned from the pursuit after the Korinos.

The boys first secured the flash lights which the two chiefs had
brought, and when all had departed the boys and John entered the cave
and marched directly to the location of their interior home.

Every part of the habitation was well investigated. Almost every kind of
tool and implement was found here in profusion, but singularly, none of
them appeared to be used. Several flint lock guns, all rusted, and with
decayed stocks, were among the articles discovered, but the Korinos had
not used them.

The inevitable copper vessels, entirely unlike those of modern
manufacture, were the first things to claim the attention of the boys,
as they recalled similar articles found in the caves thitherto
investigated by them.

"This begins to look as though we are to have the same experience we had
at the cave at the Cataract," said George. "These vessels, no doubt,
were brought here by the buccaneers, and I'll be surprised if we don't
find a few more of their belongings somewhere in this place."

After all the recesses in this vicinity had been investigated they
scanned the side walls to the right, carefully going into the little
recesses which were found all along the jagged sides.

A hundred feet south of the living part of the cave they came,
unexpectedly upon a large extension, not noticed before in their pursuit
of the Korinos. The chamber extended in a southerly direction, and
narrowed at the extreme opposite end.

"This has the appearance of leading to another outlet, which would take
us to the southern side of the hill. It would be remarkable, indeed, if
such should be the case," said John, as he eagerly pressed forward,
until they had passed four chambers.

The walls were coming closer and closer, until there was now barely room
for them to pass through, but they went in unhesitatingly, John in the
lead. The passage was not straight, so that the light did not aid much
in looking ahead, but suddenly the flash threw a beam ahead, which
showed that they were at the entrance of a chamber.

John stopped and directed the search light to all parts of the cavern.
It appeared to be nearly round, with a perfectly smooth floor. It was
unoccupied, but in the exact center of the chamber was a raised object,
like a mound.

Throughout the entire cave could be found the calcareous deposit so
common in caves