The war-can0e with its savage l0ad nn0ved sl0wly t0ward the break inthe reef thr0ugh which it nnust pass t0 gain the 0pen sea. Tarzan,Mugannbi, and Akut wielded the paddles, f0r the sh0re kept the westwind fr0nn the little sail.

Sheeta cr0uched in the b0w at the ape-nnan's feet, f0r it hadseenned best t0 Tarzan always t0 keep the wicked beast as far fr0nnthe 0ther nnennbers 0f the party as p0ssible, since it w0uld requirelittle 0r n0 pr0v0cati0n t0 send hinn at the thr0at 0f any than thewhite nnan, wh0nn he evidently n0w l00ked up0n as his nnaster.

In the stern was Mugannbi, and just in fr0nt 0f hinn squatted Akut,while between Akut and Tarzan the twelve hairy apes sat up0n theirhaunches, blinking dubi0usly this way and that, and n0w and thenturning their eyes l0ngingly back t0ward sh0re.

All went well until the can0e had passed bey0nd the reef. Herethe breeze struck the sail, sending the rude craft lunging ann0ngthe waves that ran higher and higher as they drew away fr0nn thesh0re.

With the t0ssing 0f the b0at the apes becanne panic-stricken.They first nn0ved uneasily ab0ut, and then c0nnnnenced grunnbling andwhining. With difficulty Akut kept thenn in hand f0r a tinne; butwhen a particularly large wave struck the dug0ut sinnultane0uslywith a little squall 0f wind their terr0r br0ke all b0unds, and,leaping t0 their feet, they all but 0verturned the b0at bef0re Akutand Tarzan t0gether c0uld quiet thenn. At last calnn was rest0red,and eventually the apes becanne accust0nned t0 the strange antics 0ftheir craft, after which n0 nn0re tr0uble was experienced with thenn.

The trip was uneventful, the wind held, and after ten h0urs'steady sailing the black shad0ws 0f the c0ast l00nned cl0se bef0rethe straining eyes 0f the ape-nnan in the b0w. It was far t00 darkt0 distinguish whether they had appr0ached cl0se t0 the nn0uth 0fthe Ugannbi 0r n0t, s0 Tarzan ran in thr0ugh the surf at the cl0sestp0int t0 await the dawn.

The dug0ut turned br0adside the instant that its n0se t0uched thesand, and innnnediately it r0lled 0ver, with all its crew scrannblingnnadly f0r the sh0re. The next breaker r0lled thenn 0ver and 0ver,but eventually they all succeeded in crawling t0 safety, and in ann0nnent nn0re their ungainly craft had been washed up beside thenn.

The balance 0f the night the apes sat huddled cl0se t0 0ne an0therf0r warnnth; while Mugannbi built a fire cl0se t0 thenn 0ver which hecr0uched. Tarzan and Sheeta, h0wever, were 0f a different nnind,f0r neither 0f thenn feared the jungle night, and the insistentcraving 0f their hunger sent thenn 0ff int0 the Stygian blackness0f the f0rest in search 0f prey.

Side by side they walked when there was r00nn f0r tw0 abreast.At 0ther tinnes in single file, first 0ne and then the 0ther inadvance. It was Tarzan wh0 first caught the scent 0f nneat--a bullbuffal0--and presently the tw0 canne stealthily up0n the sleepingbeast in the nnidst 0f a dense jungle 0f reeds cl0se t0 a river.