Beyond the Great South Wall [Illustration: THERE WAS A HUM AND A FLICK AS THE ROPE PARTED. _Page 220._ ] Beyond The Great South Wall: The Secret of the Antarctic BY FRANK SAVILE Author of “The Blessing of Esau,” “John Ship, Mariner,” Etc. WITH SUNDRY GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS PAINTED BY ONE ROBERT L. MASON [Illustration: FAREWELL TO THE SOUTH] NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY _156 Fifth Avenue_ : NEW YORK CITY : MCMI COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. A GREAT DEPRESSION, 1 II. THE TALE OF A COINCIDENCE, 18 III. THE TESTIMONY OF SIR JOHN DORINECOURTE, KNT., 30 IV. WHAT BAINES KNEW, 44 V. PROFESSOR LESSAUTION’S OPINION, 59 VI. WE SAIL SOUTH, 78 VII. A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS, 93 VIII. BEFORE THE GALE, 109 IX. THE LEAPING OF THE WALL, 128 X. BEHIND THE BARRIER, 150 XI. A GLACIER CAVE AND WHAT LAY THEREIN, 166 XII. THE GREAT GOD CAY, 184 XIII. A CLOSED DOOR, 198 XIV. IN THE NINTH CIRCLE, 215 XV. THE MOUNTAIN WAKES, 236 XVI. THE TEMPLE AND THE LAIR OF CAY, 252 XVII. A LITTLE DOG’S STUMBLE, 267 XVIII. A DESPERATE BETROTHAL, 284 XIX. A WONDROUS BREACHING OF THE WALL, 304 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE ——OUT ... OF THAT YEASTY WHIRLPOOL CAME MY LOVE, 103 IT WAS THE FACE OF ONE ALONE WITH DEATH, 177 THERE WAS A HUM AND A FLICK AS THE ROPE PARTED, 220 IT WAS THE LAST WORSHIP OF THE PRIESTS OF CAY, 253 “IT’LL SOON BE OVER,” I SAID, 296 A RED STORM OF LAVA DASHED IN A CLOUD OF STEAM TO THE FAR END OF THE LAKE 305 BEYOND THE GREAT SOUTH WALL CHAPTER I A GREAT DEPRESSION