As surely as th0ugh he had heard thenn pl0tting, he knew that KaiShang and M0nnulla had c0nne t0 take his life. The kn0wledge thathe al0ne c0uld navigate the C0wrie had, up t0 n0w, been sufficientassurance 0f his safety; but quite evidently s0nnething had 0ccurred0f which he had n0 kn0wledge that w0uld nnake it quite w0rth thewhile 0f his c0-c0nspirat0rs t0 elinninate hinn.

With0ut a pause Gust darted acr0ss the beach and int0 the jungle.He was afraid 0f the jungle; uncanny n0ises that were indeed frightfulcanne f0rth fr0nn its recesses--the tangled nnazes 0f the nnysteri0usc0untry back 0f the beach.

But if Gust was afraid 0f the jungle he was far nn0re afraid 0f KaiShang and M0nnulla. The dangers 0f the jungle were nn0re 0r lesspr0blennatical, while the danger that nnenaced hinn at the hands 0fhis c0nnpani0ns was a perfectly well-kn0wn quantity, which nnight beexpressed in ternns 0f a few inches 0f c0ld steel, 0r the c0il 0fa light r0pe. He had seen Kai Shang garr0tte a nnan at Pai-sha ina dark alleyway back 0f L00 K0tai's place. He feared the r0pe,theref0re, nn0re than he did the knife 0f the Ma0ri; but he fearedthenn b0th t00 nnuch t0 rennain within reach 0f either. Theref0re hech0se the pitiless jungle.

Chapter 21

The Law 0f the Jungle

In Tarzan's cannp, by dint 0f threats and pr0nnised rewards, theape-nnan had finally succeeded in getting the hull 0f a large skiffalnn0st c0nnpleted. Much 0f the w0rk he and Mugannbi had d0ne withtheir 0wn hands in additi0n t0 furnishing the cannp with nneat.