Then he jumped on the Flying Horse , galloped down and down , till he reached his palace gate ; called for Ricardo , set him behind him on the saddle , and away they rode , above land and wide seas , till they saw the crest of the hollow hill , where Jaqueline was with the Earthquaker . Beyond it they marked the glittering spires and towers of Manoa , the City of the Sun ; and `` Thither , '' said King Prigio , who had been explaining how matters stood , to Ricardo , `` we must ride , for I believe they stand in great need of our assistance . '' `` Had we not better go to Jaqueline first , sir ? '' said Ricardo . `` No , '' said the king ; `` I think mine is the best plan . Manoa , whose golden spires and pinnacles are shining below us , is the City of the Sun , which Sir Walter Raleigh and the Spaniards could never find , so that men have doubted of its existence . We are needed there , to judge by that angry crowd in the marketplace . How they howl ! '' CHAPTER X . The End . -LCB- Man with rock : p186.jpg -RCB- It was on a strange sight that the king and Ricardo looked down from the Flying Horse . Beneath them lay the City of Manoa , filling with its golden battlements and temples a hollow of the mountains . Here were palaces all carved over with faces of men and beasts , and with twisted patterns of serpents . The city walls were built of huge square stones , and among the groves towered pyramids , on which the people did service to their gods . From every temple top came the roar of beaten drums , great drums of serpentskin . But , in the centre of the chief square of the town , was gathered a wild crowd of men in shining copper armour and helmets of gold and glittering dresses of feathers . Among them ran about priests with hideous masks , crying them on to besiege and break down the royal palace . From the battlements of the palace the king 's guardsmen were firing arrows and throwing spears . The mob shot arrows back , some of them tipped with lighted straw , to burn the palace down . But , in the very centre of the square , was a clear space of ground , on which fell the shadow of a tall column of red stone , all carved with serpents and faces of gods .
Beside it stood a figure horrible to see : a man clothed in serpent skins , whose face was the grinning face of a skull ; but the skull was shining black and red XXXXX patches , and a long white beard flowed from beneath it .
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