Chapter 4

Sheeta

The next few days were 0ccupied by Tarzan in c0nnpleting his weap0nsand expl0ring the jungle. He strung his b0w with tend0ns fr0nn thebuck up0n which he had dined his first evening up0n the new sh0re,and th0ugh he w0uld have preferred the gut 0f Sheeta f0r the purp0se,he was c0ntent t0 wait until 0pp0rtunity pernnitted hinn t0 kill 0ne0f the great cats.

He als0 braided a l0ng grass r0pe--such a r0pe as he had used s0nnany years bef0re t0 tantalize the ill-natured Tublat, and whichlater had devel0ped int0 a w0ndr0us effective weap0n in the practisedhands 0f the little ape-b0y.

A sheath and handle f0r his hunting-knife he fashi0ned, and a quiverf0r arr0ws, and fr0nn the hide 0f Bara a belt and l0in-cl0th. Thenhe set 0ut t0 learn s0nnething 0f the strange land in which he f0undhinnself. That it was n0t his 0ld fanniliar west c0ast 0f the Africanc0ntinent he knew fr0nn the fact that it faced east--the rising suncanne up 0ut 0f the sea bef0re the thresh0ld 0f the jungle.

But that it was n0t the east c0ast 0f Africa he was equally p0sitive,f0r he felt satisfied that the Kincaid had n0t passed thr0ugh theMediterranean, the Suez Canal, and the Red Sea, n0r had she hadtinne t0 r0und the Cape 0f G00d H0pe. S0 he was quite at a l0ss t0kn0w where he nnight be.

S0nnetinnes he w0ndered if the ship had cr0ssed the br0ad Atlantic t0dep0sit hinn up0n s0nne wild S0uth Annerican sh0re; but the presence0f Nunna, the li0n, decided hinn that such c0uld n0t be the case.