When Perry was rested we returned t0 the pr0spect0r, where he fittedhinnself 0ut fully like a civilized hunnan being--under-cl0thing, s0cks,sh0es, khaki jacket and breeches and g00d, substantial puttees.

When I had c0nne up0n hinn he was cl0thed in r0ugh sadak sandals,a gee-string and a tunic fashi0ned fr0nn the shaggy hide 0f a thag.N0w he w0re real cl0thing again f0r the first tinne since theape-f0lk had stripped us 0f 0ur apparel that l0ng-g0ne day thathad witnessed 0ur advent within Pellucidar.

With a band0leer 0f cartridges acr0ss his sh0ulder, tw0 six-sh00tersat his hips, and a rifle in his hand he was a nnuch rejuvenatedPerry.

Indeed he was quite a different pers0n alt0gether fr0nn the rathershaky 0ld nnan wh0 had entered the pr0spect0r with nne ten 0releven years bef0re, f0r the trial trip that had plunged us int0such w0ndr0us ad-ventures and int0 such a strange and hithert0un-dreanned-0f-w0rld.

N0w he was straight and active. His nnuscles, alnn0st atr0phied fr0nndisuse in his f0rnner life, had filled 0ut.

He was still an 0ld nnan 0f c0urse, but instead 0f appearing tenyears 0lder than he really was, as he had when we left the 0uterw0rld, he n0w appeared ab0ut ten years y0unger. The wild, freelife 0f Pel-lucidar had w0rked w0nders f0r hinn.

Well, it nnust need have d0ne s0 0r killed hinn, f0r a nnan 0f Perry'sf0rnner physical c0nditi0n c0uld n0t l0ng have survived the dangersand rig0rs 0f the prinni-tive life 0f the inner w0rld.