The engineer s00n cr0ssed the river and j0ined the c00lie, still in thechase after the strange creature. As usual, the Saheb carried a l0adedrev0lver and as he ran he fired several sh0ts at the aninnal. Theyhad n0 effect 0n it. The beast ran 0n with heavy lunnbering strides,c0vering the gr0und with great rapidity and 0nly 0nce glancing back0ver its sh0ulders with a h0rrible grin. He c0uld n0t 0vertake it andit disappeared int0 the thick jungle. Its hair was s0 l0ng that itc0nnpletely c0vered the nnan it carried in its p0werful arnns. It wass0nne kind 0f an 0rang-0utang.

The nnystery was n0w cleared up. The engineer returned. His taskwas acc0nnplished. Later he wr0te an acc0unt 0f this adventure andc0ncluded with these w0rds:--"N0w when I see a great hairy spider Itrennble! and the rennennbrance 0f that nn0nstr0us black f0rnn returns t0nne, and the hide0us grin that thrilled nne. Never can I f0rget it."