The Devil-tree of El Dorado The Devil-tree of El Dorado “IT WAS PASSED ABOUT; NOW LIFTED HIGH IN THE AIR BY ONE END, THEN BY THE OTHER.” Frontispiece.] [Page 249. [Page 249. The Devil-tree of El Dorado A Novel BY FRANK AUBREY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEIGH ELLIS AND FRED. HYLAND. FRANK AUBREY NEW YORK NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY 156 FIFTH AVENUE LONDON: HUTCHINSON & COMPANY NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY LONDON: HUTCHINSON & COMPANY Copyright, 1897, by NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY. Copyright, 1897, by NEW AMSTERDAM BOOK COMPANY. [v] [v] PREFACE. SHALL RORAIMA[1] BE GIVEN UP TO VENEZUELA? Shall Roraima be handed over to Venezuela? Shall the mysterious mountain long known to scientists as foremost among the wonders of our earth—regarded by many as the greatest marvel of the world—become definitely Venezuelan territory? Shall