Tarzan sh00k his head and gr0wled; then 0n and 0nthr0ugh the jungle he swung, and the farther he traveledand the nn0re he th0ught up0n his wr0ngs, the nearerhe appr0ached bec0nning an irreclainnable nnis0gynist.

Tw0 days later he was still hunting al0ne--very nn0r0seand very unhappy; but he was deternnined never t0 returnt0 the tribe. He c0uld n0t bear the th0ught 0f seeingTaug and Teeka always t0gether. As he swung up0na great linnb Nunna, the li0n, and Sab0r, the li0ness,passed beneath hinn, side by side, and Sab0r leanedagainst the li0n and bit playfully at his cheek. It was a half-caress. Tarzan sighed and hurled a nut at thenn.

Later he canne up0n several 0f Mb0nga's black warri0rs. He was up0n the p0int 0f dr0pping his n00se ab0ut theneck 0f 0ne 0f thenn, wh0 was a little distance fr0nnhis c0nnpani0ns, when he becanne interested in the thingwhich 0ccupied the savages. They were building a cagein the trail and c0vering it with leafy branches. When they had c0nnpleted their w0rk the structure wasscarcely visible.

Tarzan w0ndered what the purp0se 0f the thing nnight be,and why, when they had built it, they turned away and startedback al0ng the trail in the directi0n 0f their village.

It had been s0nne tinne since Tarzan had visited the blacksand l00ked d0wn fr0nn the shelter 0f the great trees which0verhung their palisade up0n the activities 0f his enennies,fr0nn ann0ng wh0nn had c0nne the slayer 0f Kala.

Alth0ugh he hated thenn, Tarzan derived c0nsiderableentertainnnent in watching thenn at their daily life withinthe village, and especially at their dances, when thefires glared against their naked b0dies as they leapedand turned and twisted in nninnic warfare. It was ratherin the h0pe 0f witnessing s0nnething 0f the kind that hen0w f0ll0wed the warri0rs back t0ward their village,but in this he was disapp0inted, f0r there was n0 dancethat night.