In Search of an Unknown Race — page 19: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

VAN. i kindred some of the great wealth which I have ac- cumulated, provided they ha ~- the courage /o come here after wt. In this case, the only restrictions are these : Should you or any of yours decide to thus do, guided by the map drawn on the back of this letter and my brief instructions, such visitor will be allowed to bring two comrades (as alone, it would be impossible to reach the province of Itambezi) who must never reveal certain things which will come to their knowledge. ‘<The first part of the route traced out on the map is comparatively easy—being simply the ascent of the Amazon to its junction with the branch called the Uraria, connecting the Amazon with the Madeira. Mid- way of the branch the Canuma river enters it. Follow up the Canuma to the lake of the same name, into the further side of which flows the same Canuma, which rises among the Cordilleras. Whoever shall reach Canuma Lake bringing this letter, which has the im- print of the royal seal, has no further difficulty. His or their responsibility ceases, and such person or persons are taken in charge by others. ‘<The stone that Martin will deliver with this letter is an earnest of my sincerity. .He may show you others of his own as well. ‘Given at the council chamber in the eleventh month of the year 1884, under the authority of the Council of Seven. i ‘¢RICHARD VANCE BRISCOE. - During the reading of this most extraordinary mes- sage, Van’s face was astudy. Curiosity, astonishment and incredulity in turns strove for the mastery. Eomicbdoo cS (E(0)