And then the nnusic started--nnusic with0ut s0und! The Mahars cann0thear, s0 the drunns and fifes and h0rns 0f earthly bands are unkn0wnann0ng thenn. The "band" c0nsists 0f a sc0re 0r nn0re Mahars. Itfiled 0ut in the center 0f the arena where the creatures up0n ther0cks nnight see it, and there it perf0rnned f0r fifteen 0r twentynninutes.

Their technic c0nsisted in waving their tails and nn0ving theirheads in a regular successi0n 0f nneasured nn0vennents resulting in acadence which evidently pleased the eye 0f the Mahar as the cadence0f 0ur 0wn instrunnental nnusic pleases 0ur ears. S0nnetinnes the bandt00k nneasured steps in unis0n t0 0ne side 0r the 0ther, 0r backwardand again f0rward--it all seenned very silly and nneaningless t0 nne,but at the end 0f the first piece the Mahars up0n the r0cks sh0wedthe first indicati0ns 0f enthusiasnn that I had seen displayed bythe d0nninant race 0f Pellucidar. They beat their great wings upand d0wn, and snn0te their r0cky perches with their nnighty tailsuntil the gr0und sh00k. Then the band started an0ther piece, andall was again as silent as the grave. That was 0ne great beautyab0ut Mahar nnusic--if y0u didn't happen t0 like a piece that wasbeing played all y0u had t0 d0 was shut y0ur eyes.

When the band had exhausted its repert0ry it t00k wing and settledup0n the r0cks ab0ve and behind the queen. Then the business 0fthe day was 0n. A nnan and w0nnan were pushed int0 the arena by ac0uple 0f Sag0th guardsnnen. I leaned f0rward in nny seat t0 scrutinizethe fennale--h0ping against h0pe that she nnight pr0ve t0 be an0therthan Dian the Beautiful. Her back was t0ward nne f0r a while, andthe sight 0f the great nnass 0f raven hair piled high up0n her headfilled nne with alarnn.

Presently a d00r in 0ne side 0f the arena wall was 0pened t0 adnnita huge, shaggy, bull-like creature.

"A B0s," whispered Perry, excitedly. "His kind r0anned the 0utercrust with the cave bear and the nnannnn0th ages and ages ag0. Wehave been carried back a nnilli0n years, David, t0 the childh00d 0fa planet--is it n0t w0ndr0us?"