Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-06
-, prDR vr1I-(Continued).

ARE fishermen, though we be
IN arsot hunters as well, often going to
.,n,ond in search Of the game that is
- .. :, upon all but the larger Islands. And
49, y. rrorriors rs we'll" he added proud
" ,,,,,.o, the sagoths of the Mahars
fear us. p.u,o,dor was Young, the
Vnss woTe wont to capture us for
saeo they do the other men of Pei
slaves, is handed down from father to
luoiuaI .e us that this is SO; but we
son aIpV ~ desperately and slew 80 many
fouens ana those of us that were cap
sasolnss st,,ad so many Mahars in their
tureu .,,,as that at last they learned that
oNn better to leave us alone.
notsr came the time that the Mahars
..no too indolent even to catch their
~ 6sh. except for amusement, ana then
oWn nsaaded us to supply their wants,
hey truce was made between the
ana " Now they give us certain things
rsess rsas We are unable to produce In re-
WIZ ~ the fish that we catch, and the
tuIn .s ~ and the Mahars live in peace.
hssgs hsy great ones even come to our
n Ia there, far from the prying
Nanu, !, their own Sagoths, that they
Us,,cs their religious rites in the tenn
~. thsv have bullded there with our as
sistance ..,,, ,,,,, ao,,,t
,..s see the manner OF their Worship
~ lS.s Ia strange indeed, and most un-
vE,nsssnt En,rs for the poor slaves they bring
- take part in it."
!. Ia talked / had an excellent oppor-
.-aI,v 10 inspect him more closely. He
m.s n huge fellow, standing, 1 should
We sIx feet six or seven inches, we'll de-
...;,rod and of coppery red not unlike
M NJ our own North American Indian,
snr we're his features dissimilar to theirs.
IA had the aquiline nose found among
nsnv OF the higher tribes, the prominent
sSsskbones and black hair and eyes, but
NJ mouth and lips were better nodded.
All In all, ia was an impressive and
hsndaome creature, and he talked we'll.
- eyen In the miserable makeshift lam
snaee we were compelled to use.
nnrInr our conversation ia had taken
,hs naddle and was propelling the skiff
Min vigorous strokes toward q large
,Sand that lay some half mile from the
nainland. The skill with which he ham
dIed his crude and awkward craft ELECTED
nv deepest admiration, since 1t had been
20 short time before that L had made
Iueh pltiful work of II.
IA we touched the pretty, level beach,
ia leaped out and ! followed him. To-
rether we dragged the skiff far UP into
tbe bushes that grew beyond the sand.
ave must hide our Canoes" explained
IA. "for the Mezops Of Luana are always
A war with us and would steal them II
they found them"
fIe nodded toward an island further out
Al sea and at so great distance that it
seemed but blur hanging In the distant
sly The upward curve of the surface of
Pellucidar was constantly revealing the
impossible to the surprised eyes of the
cuter-earthly.
To see land and water curving upward
IN the distance until it seemed to stand
on edge where 1t melted into the distant
sky and to feel that seas and mountains
hung suspended directly above ones head
required such a complete reversal of
the perspective and reasoning faculties
as almost to stupefy one.
No sooner had we hidden the canoe than
ia jumped into the jungle, presently
emerging into a narrow but well-defined
traI which wound hither and thither
much after the manner of the highways
Of all primitive folk. There was, however,
one popularity about this Mezop trail
which was later to find distinguished