And in some parts there were cracks in the ground through which rose the fumes of sulphur that set a man's head reeling." Raleigh shivered.

"Madre de Dios, you portray the very floor of hell." "Beyond doubt the floor of hell.

There was but one thing that could get us across that devil's land, for our bones were molten with fear.

At the end rose further hills, and we could see with our eyes they were green....

Captain Bovill was like one transfigured.