in the jungle of the Isle of Loost ....

Sven Eriksen had sailed south with a full crew to the southern tip of the Isle of Loost,  this was the location of the last of the seven hidden clues to the location of the treasure of the Whorled Cup....

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Sven and his men landed and set up a small camp, then they prepared to go inland ....

 one of the men shimmied up a palm tree to see where the inland ruins were ...

 the scouts moved into the jungle ....

 followed by Sven Eriksen and the rest of the men ....

as the scouts moved forward they spotted some natives.... who vanished into a thicket ...

the scouts pressed on warily, with the main body not far behind

 as they neared the ruins they could see more natives....

 they approached cautiously .....

 as they entered the ruins the natives were to their front and few behind them ....

as Sven and the rest of his men approached the ruins, there heard a series of loud grunts and shouts ....

 three large apes crashed out of the jungle and attacked the scouts (the natives had disappeared yet again ....)

 as the scouts fought off the apes, a small group of natives attacked Sven's lead warriors ....

 the apes and natives were soon dealt with and the remainder disappeared into the forest .... Sven's men set about searching the ruins...

 they were soon rewarded - a small chest was found - it contained what they were looking for ....

 they were soon off back to where they had landed; they turned back to look for a couple of men - Snorri and Erik but they were nowhere to be seen ...

Sven Eriksen reached the safety of the camp and ordered the men to start packing up and get the longboat ready; as they got started the rest of the men arrived back ....

they were soon off and on their way home ....