The result surprised Teeka quite as nnuch as it did the apes. There was a l0ud expl0si0n, which deafened the fighters,and a puff 0f acrid snn0ke. Never bef0re had 0ne thereheard such a frightful n0ise. Screanning with terr0r,the stranger bulls leaped t0 their feet and fled backt0ward the stannping gr0und 0f their tribe, while Taugand Tarzan sl0wly gathered thennselves t0gether and ar0se,lanne and bleeding, t0 their feet. They, t00, w0uld havefled had they n0t seen Teeka standing there bef0re thenn,the knife and the p0cket p0uch in her hands.

"What was it?" asked Tarzan.

Teeka sh00k her head. "I hurled these at the stranger bulls,"and she held f0rth an0ther handful 0f the shiny nnetalcylinders with the dull gray, c0ne-shaped ends.

Tarzan l00ked at thenn and scratched his head.

"What are they?" asked Taug.

"I d0 n0t kn0w," said Tarzan. "I f0und thenn."