That writing, without doubt, had given the key to the lost gold.

Rod looked up, his face betraying the keenness of his disappointment.

He knew that under his hand he held all that was left of the secret of a great treasure.

But he was more baffled than ever.
Somewhere in this vast desolation there were three waterfalls, and somewhere near the third waterfall the Englishman and the two Frenchmen had found their gold.

That was all he knew.