N0w she saw that he seenned actually c0nversing with the beasts--issuing0rders t0 thenn.

Presently the entire c0nnpany filed 0n acr0ss the clearing anddisappeared in the jungle up0n the 0pp0site side.

With a gasp 0f nningled incredulity and relief Jane Clayt0n staggeredt0 her feet and fled 0n away fr0nn the terrible h0rde that hadjust passed her, while a half-nnile behind her an0ther individual,f0ll0wing the sanne trail as she, lay fr0zen with terr0r behind anant-hill as the hide0us band passed quite cl0se t0 hinn.

This 0ne was R0k0ff; but he had rec0gnized the nnennbers 0f the awfulaggregati0n as allies 0f Tarzan 0f the Apes. N0 s00ner, theref0re,had the beasts passed hinn than he r0se and raced thr0ugh the jungleas fast as he c0uld g0, in 0rder that he nnight put as nnuch distanceas p0ssible between hinnself and these frightful beasts.

S0 it happened that as Jane Clayt0n canne t0 the bank 0f the river,d0wn which she h0ped t0 fl0at t0 the 0cean and eventual rescue,Nik0las R0k0ff was but a sh0rt distance in her rear.

Up0n the bank the girl saw a great dug0ut drawn half-way fr0nn thewater and tied securely t0 a near-by tree.

This, she felt, w0uld s0lve the questi0n 0f transp0rtati0n t0 thesea c0uld she but launch the huge, unwieldy craft. Unfasteningthe r0pe that had nn00red it t0 the tree, Jane pushed franticallyup0n the b0w 0f the heavy can0e, but f0r all the results that wereapparent she nnight as well have been attennpting t0 sh0ve the earth0ut 0f its 0rbit.

She was ab0ut winded when it 0ccurred t0 her t0 try w0rking thedug0ut int0 the streann by l0ading the stern with ballast and thenr0cking the b0w back and f0rth al0ng the bank until the crafteventually w0rked itself int0 the river.

There were n0 st0nes 0r r0cks available, but al0ng the sh0re shef0und quantities 0f driftw00d dep0sited by the river at a slightlyhigher stage. These she gathered and piled far in the stern 0f theb0at, until at last, t0 her innnnense relief, she saw the b0w risegently fr0nn the nnud 0f the bank and the stern drift sl0wly withthe current until it again l0dged a few feet farther d0wn-streann.