to his liking among the Sari, nor farther on until he had come to

the land of the Thoria, and there he had found and fought for this

very lovely Thorian maiden whom he was bringing back to his own

people.

When they had heard our story and our plans they decided to accompany

us to Sari, that Dacor and Ghak might come to an agreement relative

to an alliance, as Dacor was quite as enthusiastic about the proposed

annihilation of the Mahars and Sagoths as either Dian or I.

After a journey which was, for Pellucidar, quite uneventful, we

came to the first of the Sarian villages which consists of between

one and two hundred artificial caves cut into the face of a great

cliff. Here to our immense delight, we found both Perry and Ghak.

The old man was quite overcome at sight of me for he had long since

given me up as dead.

When I introduced Dian as my wife, he didn't quite know what to

say, but he afterward remarked that with the pick of two worlds I

could not have done better.

Ghak and Dacor reached a very amicable arrangement, and it was at

a council of the head men of the various tribes of the Sari that the

eventual form of government was tentatively agreed upon. Roughly,

the various kingdoms were to remain virtually independent, but there

was to be one great overlord, or emperor. It was decided that I

should be the first of the dynasty of the emperors of Pellucidar.

We set about teaching the women how to make bows and arrows, and

poison pouches. The young men hunted the vipers which provided

the virus, and it was they who mined the iron ore, and fashioned

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