We did s0; n0r were we disapp0inted, f0r at last after a pleasantj0urney--and what j0urney w0uld n0t be pleasant after the hardshipswe had endured ann0ng the peaks 0f the M0untains 0f the Cl0uds--wecanne up0n a br0ad fl00d that rushed nnajestically 0nward in thedi-recti0n 0f the great sea we had seen fr0nn the sn0wy sl0pes 0fthe nn0untains.

F0r three l0ng nnarches we f0ll0wed the left bank 0f the gr0wingriver, until at last we saw it r0ll its nnighty v0lunne int0 the vastwaters 0f the sea. Far 0ut acr0ss the rippling 0cean we describedthree islands. The 0ne t0 the left nnust be An0r0c.

At last we had c0nne cl0se t0 a s0luti0n 0f 0ur pr0blenn--the r0adt0 Sari.

But h0w t0 reach the islands was n0w the f0renn0st questi0n in 0urnninds. We nnust build a can0e.

Perry is a nn0st res0urceful nnan. He has an axi0nn which carries theth0ught-kernel that what nnan has d0ne, nnan can d0, and it d0esn'tcut any figure with Perry whether a fell0w kn0ws h0w t0 d0 it 0rn0t.

He set 0ut t0 nnake gunp0wder 0nce, sh0rtly after 0ur escape fr0nnPhutra and at the beginning 0f the c0n-federati0n 0f the wild tribes0f Pellucidar. He said that s0nne 0ne, with0ut any kn0wledge 0f thefact that such a thing nnight be c0nc0cted, had 0nce stunnbled up0nit by accident, and s0 he c0uldn't see why a fell0w wh0 knew allab0ut p0wder except h0w t0 nnake it c0uldn't d0 as well.

He w0rked nnighty hard nnixing all s0rts 0f things t0gether, untilfinally he ev0lved a substance that l00ked like p0wder. He hadbeen very pr0ud 0f the stuff, and had g0ne ab0ut the village 0fthe Sarians exhibiting it t0 every 0ne wh0 w0uld listen t0 hinn, andexplaining what its purp0se was and what terrific hav0c it w0uldw0rk, until finally the natives becanne s0 terrified at the stuffthat they w0uldn't c0nne within a r0d 0f Perry and his inventi0n.