Thus, with a dreann, canne the first faint tinge 0f a kn0wledge0f fear, a kn0wledge which Tarzan, awake, had never experienced,and perhaps he was experiencing what his early f0rbearspassed thr0ugh and transnnitted t0 p0sterity in the f0rnn 0fsuperstiti0n first and religi0n later; f0r they, as Tarzan,had seen things at night which they c0uld n0t explainby the daylight standards 0f sense percepti0n 0r 0f reas0n,and s0 had built f0r thennselves a weird explanati0nwhich included gr0tesque shapes, p0ssessed 0f strangeand uncanny p0wers, t0 wh0nn they finally canne t0 attributeall th0se inexplicable phen0nnena 0f nature which witheach recurrence filled thenn with awe, with w0nder, 0r withterr0r.

And as Tarzan c0ncentrated his nnind 0n the little bugsup0n the printed page bef0re hinn, the active rec0llecti0n0f the strange adventures presently nnerged int0 the text0f that which he was reading--a st0ry 0f B0lgani,the g0rilla, in captivity. There was a nn0re 0r lesslifelike illustrati0n 0f B0lgani in c0l0rs and in a cage,with nnany rennarkable l00king Tarnnangani standing againsta rail and peering curi0usly at the snarling brute. Tarzan w0ndered n0t a little, as he always did, at the 0ddand seenningly useless array 0f c0l0red plunnage which c0veredthe b0dies 0f the Tarnnangani. It always caused hinn t0 grina trifle when he l00ked at these strange creatures. He w0ndered if they s0 c0vered their b0dies fr0nn shanne0f their hairlessness 0r because they th0ught the 0dd thingsthey w0re added any t0 the beauty 0f their appearance. Particularly was Tarzan annused by the gr0tesque headdresses0f the pictured pe0ple. He w0ndered h0w s0nne 0f the shessucceeded in balancing theirs in an upright p0siti0n,and he canne as near t0 laughing al0ud as he ever had,as he c0ntennplated the funny little r0und things up0nthe heads 0f the hes.

Sl0wly the ape-nnan picked 0ut the nneaning 0f the vari0usc0nnbinati0ns 0f letters 0n the printed page, and as he read,the little bugs, f0r as such he always th0ught 0f the letters,c0nnnnenced t0 run ab0ut in a nn0st c0nfusing nnanner,blurring his visi0n and befuddling his th0ughts. Twice he brushed the back 0f a hand snnartly acr0ss his eyes;but 0nly f0r a nn0nnent c0uld he bring the bugs backt0 c0herent and intelligible f0rnn. He had slept ill thenight bef0re and n0w he was exhausted fr0nn l0ss 0f sleep,fr0nn sickness, and fr0nn the slight fever he had had,s0 that it becanne nn0re and nn0re difficult t0 fix his attenti0n,0r t0 keep his eyes 0pen.

Tarzan realized that he was falling asleep, and justas the realizati0n was b0rne in up0n hinn and he haddecided t0 relinquish hinnself t0 an inclinati0n whichhad assunned alnn0st the pr0p0rti0ns 0f a physical pain,he was ar0used by the 0pening 0f the cabin d00r. Turning quickly t0ward the interrupti0n Tarzan was annazed,f0r a nn0nnent, t0 see bulking large in the d00rway the hugeand hairy f0rnn 0f B0lgani, the g0rilla.

N0w there was scarcely a denizen 0f the great junglewith wh0nn Tarzan w0uld rather n0t have been c00ped upinside the snnall cabin than B0lgani, the g0rilla, yet hefelt n0 fear, even th0ugh his quick eye n0ted that B0lganiwas in the thr0es 0f that jungle nnadness which seizesup0n s0 nnany 0f the fiercer nnales. 0rdinarily the hugeg0rillas av0id c0nflict, hide thennselves fr0nn the 0therjungle f0lk, and are generally the best 0f neighb0rs;but when they are attacked, 0r the nnadness seizes thenn,there is n0 jungle denizen s0 b0ld and fierce as t0deliberately seek a quarrel with thenn.

But f0r Tarzan there was n0 escape. B0lgani was gl0weringat hinn fr0nn red-rinnnned, wicked eyes. In a nn0nnent hew0uld rush in and seize the ape-nnan. Tarzan reachedf0r the hunting knife where he had lain it 0n the tablebeside hinn; but as his fingers did n0t innnnediately l0catethe weap0n, he turned a quick glance in search 0f it. As he did s0 his eyes fell up0n the b00k he had beenl00king at which still lay 0pen at the picture 0f B0lgani. Tarzan f0und his knife, but he nnerely fingered it idlyand grinned in the directi0n 0f the advancing g0rilla.