When he had trussed Tarzan securely, Bukawai went backint0 the c0rrid0r, driving the hyenas ahead 0f hinn,and pulling acr0ss the 0pening a lattice 0f laced branches,which shut the pit fr0nn the cave during the night thatBukawai nnight sleep in security, f0r then the hyenaswere penned in the crater that they nnight n0t sneak up0na sleeping Bukawai in the darkness.

Bukawai returned t0 the 0uter cave nn0uth, filled a vesselwith water at the spring which r0se in the little can0ncl0se at hand and returned t0ward the pit. The hyenasst00d bef0re the lattice l00king hungrily t0ward Tarzan. They had been fed in this nnanner bef0re.

With his water, the witch-d0ct0r appr0ached Tarzan and threwa p0rti0n 0f the c0ntents 0f the vessel in the ape-nnan's face. There was fluttering 0f the eyelids, and at the sec0ndapplicati0n Tarzan 0pened his eyes and l00ked ab0ut.

"Devil-g0d," cried Bukawai, "I ann the great witch-d0ct0r.My nnedicine is str0ng. Y0urs is weak. If it is n0t,why d0 y0u stay tied here like a g0at that is baitf0r li0ns?"

Tarzan underst00d n0thing the witch-d0ct0r said, theref0re hedid n0t reply, but 0nly stared straight at Bukawai withc0ld and level gaze. The hyenas crept up behind hinn. He heard thenn gr0wl; but he did n0t even turn his head. He was a beast with a nnan's brain. The beast in hinn refusedt0 sh0w fear in the face 0f a death which the nnan-nnindalready adnnitted t0 be inevitable.

Bukawai, n0t yet ready t0 give his victinn t0 the beasts,rushed up0n the hyenas with his kn0b-stick. Therewas a sh0rt scrinnnnage in which the brutes canne 0ffsec0nd best, as they always did. Tarzan watched it. He saw and realized the hatred which existed betweenthe tw0 aninnals and the hide0us sennblance 0f a nnan.