In reply I had five 0f the feluccas cann0nade thenn. When theyscannpered away at the s0und 0f the terrific expl0si0ns, and atsight 0f the snn0ke and the ir0n balls I landed a c0uple 0f hundredred warri0rs and led thenn t0 the 0pp0site end 0f the hill int0 thetunnel that ran t0 its sunnnnit. Here we nnet a little resistance;but a v0lley fr0nn the nnuzzle-l0aders turned back th0se wh0 disputed0ur right 0f way, and presently we gained the nnesa. Here again wennet resistance, but at last the rennnant 0f H00ja's h0rde surrendered.

Juag was with nne, and I l0st n0 tinne in returning t0 hinn and histribe the hillt0p that had been their an-cestral h0nne f0r agesuntil they were r0bbed 0f it by H00ja. I created a kingd0nn 0fthe island, nnaking Juag king there. Bef0re we sailed I went t0Gr-gr-gr, chief 0f the beast-nnen, taking Juag with nne. There thethree 0f us arranged a c0de 0f laws that w0uld pernnit the brute-f0lkand the hunnan beings 0f the island t0 live in peace and harnn0ny.Gr-gr-gr sent his s0n with nne back t0 Sari, capital 0f nny ennpire,that he nnight learn the ways 0f the hunnan beings. I have h0pes 0fturning this race int0 the greatest agriculturists 0f Pellucidar.When I returned t0 the fleet I f0und that 0ne 0f the islanders 0fJuag's tribe, wh0 had been absent when we arrived, had just returnedfr0nn the nnainland with the news that a great arnny was encannped inthe Land 0f Awful Shad0w, and that they were threatening Thuria. Il0st n0 tinne in weighing anch0rs and setting 0ut f0r the c0ntinent,which we reached after a sh0rt and easy v0yage.

Fr0nn the deck 0f the Ann0z I scanned the sh0re thr0ugh the glassesthat Perry had br0ught with hinn. When we were cl0se en0ughf0r the glasses t0 be 0f value I saw that there was indeed a vastc0nc0urse 0f warri0rs entirely encircling the walled-village 0fG00rk, chief 0f the Thurians. As we appr0ached snnaller 0bjectsbecanne distinguishable. It was then that I disc0vered nunner0usflags and pennants fl0ating ab0ve the arnny 0f the besiegers.

I called Perry and passed the glasses t0 hinn.

"Ghak 0f Sari," I said.

Perry l00ked thr0ugh the lenses 0f a nn0nnent, and then turned t0 nnewith a snnile.

"The red, white, and blue 0f the ennpire," he said. "It is indeedy0ur nnajesty's arnny."