faces of sheep leaped among them.

It was a very interesting fight. I was sorry that my bonds

prevented me from taking part in it, but I urged on the brutemen

with my voice, and cheered old Gr-gr-gr, their chief, each time

that his mighty jaws crunched out the life of a Hoojan. When the

battle was over we found that a few of our captors had escaped,

but the majority of them lay dead about us. The gorilla-men paid

no further attention to them. Gr-gr-gr turned to me.

"Gr-gr-gr and all his people are your friends," he said. "One

saw the warriors of the Sly One and fol-lowed them. He saw them

capture you, and then he flew to the village as fast as he could

go and told me all that he had seen. The rest you know. You did

much for Gr-gr-gr and Gr-gr-gr's people. We shall always do much

for you."

I thanked him; and when I had told him of our escape and our

destination, he insisted on accom-panying us to the sea with a great

number of his fierce males. Nor were we at all loath to accept

his escort. We found the canoe where I had hidden it, and bidding

Gr-gr-gr and his warriors farewell, the three of us embarked for

the mainland.

I questioned Juag upon the feasibility of attempting to cross to

the mouth of the great river of which he had told me, and up which

he said we might paddle almost to Sari; but he urged me not to

attempt it, since we had but a single paddle and no water or food.

I had to admit the wisdom of his advice, but the desire to explore

this great waterway was strong upon me, arousing in me at last a

determination to make the attempt after first gaining the mainland

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