Young Hunters in Porto Rico; or, The Search for a Lost Treasure

Author of "Gun and Sled," "Young Oarsmen of Lakeview," "Rival Bicyclists," "Leo, the Circus Boy," "When Santiago Fell," "A Sailor Boy with Dewey," "Off for Hawaii," etc.

CHICAGO. M. A. DONOHUE & CO. 407-429 Dearborn St.

COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY DONOHUE BROTHERS, Chicago and New York.

PREFACE.

"The Young Hunters in Porto Rico" has been written at the earnest solicitation of a number of my young readers, who wished to follow the further adventures of the Gun and Sled Club.

In a former volume of this series, "Gun and Sled," I related how the club was formed and what a jolly time its members had during a winter outing on Snow-Top Island. In the present tale, one of the members becomes the proud owner of a yacht, and of course nothing will do but to take an ocean trip on the craft. During this trip the boys learn of a Spanish treasure said to be secreted in one of the great caves near Caguas, on the island of Porto Rico, and at once a hunt is instituted, and many stirring adventures follow.

The work was written primarily for the reader's amusement, yet I have endeavored within its pages to give a fair description of the Porto Rico of to-day, as it appears to a traveler from our States. This new island domain of ours is but little known to the majority of us, but when its picturesqueness, and its mild climate, become a matter of publicity, Porto Rico is bound to become the Mecca for thousands of American tourists, in search of health and pleasure.

From the number of letters received, I am led to believe that "Gun and Sled" was well liked by my readers. If this is so, I sincerely trust that the present volume does not fall below the other in merit.

CAPTAIN RALPH BONEHILL.

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