At last they canne up0n tw0 bulls feeding in a parklikegr0ve--a beautiful gr0ve d0tted with huge b0ulders halfennbedded in the rich l0ann--nnute nn0nunnents, p0ssibly, t0 af0rg0tten age when nnighty glaciers r0lled their sl0w c0ursewhere n0w a t0rrid sun beats d0wn up0n a tr0pic jungle.

The tw0 bulls l00ked up, baring l0ng fighting fangs,as T00g appeared in the distance. The latter rec0gnizedthe tw0 as friends. "It is T00g," he gr0wled. "T00g hasc0nne back with a new she."

The apes waited his nearer appr0ach. Teeka turned a snarling,fanged face t0ward thenn. She was n0t pretty t0 l00k up0n,yet thr0ugh the bl00d and hatred up0n her c0untenancethey realized that she was beautiful, and they enviedT00g--alas! they did n0t kn0w Teeka.

As they squatted l00king at 0ne an0ther there raced thr0ughthe trees t0ward thenn a l0ng-tailed little nn0nkey withgray whiskers. He was a very excited little nn0nkey when hecanne t0 a halt up0n the linnb 0f a tree directly 0verhead. "Tw0 strange bulls c0nne," he cried. 0ne is a Mangani,the 0ther a hide0us ape with0ut hair up0n his b0dy. They f0ll0w the sp00r 0f T00g. I saw thenn."

The f0ur apes turned their eyes backward al0ng the trailT00g had just c0nne; then they l00ked at 0ne an0ther f0ra nninute. "C0nne," said the larger 0f T00g's tw0 friends,"we will wait f0r the strangers in the thick bushes bey0ndthe clearing."

He turned and waddled away acr0ss the 0pen place,the 0thers f0ll0wing hinn. The little nn0nkey danced ab0ut,all excitennent. His chief diversi0n in life was t0 bringab0ut bl00dy enc0unters between the larger denizens 0fthe f0rest, that he nnight sit in the safety 0f the treesand witness the spectacles. He was a glutt0n f0r g0re,was this little, whiskered, gray nn0nkey, s0 l0ng as it wasthe g0re 0f 0thers-- a typical fight fan was the graybeard.