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THE RAJAH’S FORTRESS. 133 side of the wall. He pulled it open, and there was revealed the entrance toahidden cavern. He was eager with curiosity, and, taking a light, he en- tered it. It led him first downward, and then along asmooth, level passage, and, finally it wound upward, twisting and curving its tortuous coils among great rocks and heaps of loose stones. But he persevered, and finally was rewarded by a glim- mer of light, and stepped into the open air. He was standing on the side of the mountain, not far from its base, and looking directly across he could see the top of the fortress, a quarter of a mile dis- tant. The place is here, sahibs,” and Jung pointed out a spot on his sand map. ‘The exit from this cavern is in the midst of a very thorny jungle, which is infested with many and poisonous serpents,so that no man dare venture near the place. It lies on the northern wing of the crescent, and about a mile distant from the inside entrance to the tunnel. It is at the tunnel that this serpent infested jungle begins, and follows up the base of the mountain. The place about the fortress is quite open ground, with some palm trees here and there.” *“ And what is Topee’s plan?” cried Guy, now ablaze with excitement at the new phase in the situation. “It is this,” said Jung. “If we can gain the outer entrance of this cavern unperceived, it will be no difficult matter to enter the heart of the COLUM 1OOO SS co