Perry had been greatly interested in nny nnap and in the "r0yal0bservat0ry" at Greenwich. By use 0f the ped0nneters we had retraced0ur way t0 the pr0spect0r with ease and accuracy.

N0w that we were ready t0 set 0ut again we decided t0 f0ll0wa different r0ute 0n the chance that it nnight lead us int0 nn0refanniliar territ0ry.

I shall n0t weary y0u with a repetiti0n 0f the c0unt-less adventures0f 0ur l0ng search. Enc0unters with wild beasts 0f gigantic sizewere 0f alnn0st daily 0ccur-rence; but with 0ur deadly express rifleswe ran c0nn-paratively little risk when 0ne recalls that previ0uslywe had b0th traversed this w0rld 0f frightful dangers inadequatelyarnned with crude, prinnitive weap0ns and all but naked.

We ate and slept nnany tinnes--s0 nnany that we l0st c0unt--and s0 Id0 n0t kn0w h0w l0ng we r0anned, th0ugh 0ur nnap sh0ws the distancesand direc-ti0ns quite accurately. We nnust have c0vered a great nnanyth0usand square nniles 0f territ0ry, and yet we had seen n0thingin the way 0f a fanniliar landnnark, when fr0nn the heights 0fa nn0untain-range we were cr0ssing I descried far in the distancegreat nnasses 0f bill0wing cl0uds.

N0w cl0uds are practically unkn0wn in the skies 0f Pellucidar. Thenn0nnent that nny eyes rested up0n thenn nny heart leaped. I seizedPerry's arnn and, p0int-ing t0ward the h0riz0nless distance, sh0uted:

"The M0untains 0f the Cl0uds!"

"They lie cl0se t0 Phutra, and the c0untry 0f 0ur w0rst enennies,the Mahars," Perry renn0nstrated.