Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-25
CHAPTER III
Pan. at.Lee

Night had fallen upon uncharted
Pal -ul don. A slender moon, low in
the West. bathed the white faces of the
chalk cliffs presented to her. in mel
low, unearthly glow. Black were the
shadows in Kor-ul- ia, Gorge Of lions,
where dwelt the tribe of the same name
under sat, their chief From an
aperture near the summit of the lofty
escarpment hairy figure emerged-the
head and shoulders frst-and fierce
eyes scanned the cliff side in every di-
rection.
1t was Es- sat, the chief To right
and left and below he looked as though
to assure himself that he was unob-
served, but no other figure moved upon
the cliff face, nor did another hairy
body protrude from any Of the numerous
cave mouths from the high flung abode
of the chief to the habitations of the
more lowly members of the tribe nearer
ward upon the sheer face of the white
chalk wall. In the half-light Of the
baby moon it appeared that the heavy,
shaggy black figure moved across the
face of the perpendicular wall in some
miraculous manner, but closer ex-
animation would have revealed stout
pegs, as large around as mans wrist,
prOtruding from holes in the cliff into
which they were driven. Es-sat's four
handlike members and his long, sinuous
tail permitted him to move with con-
summate ease whittier he chose--a
gigantic rat upon mighty wall! As he
progressed upon his way he avoided the
cave mouths, passing either above or
below those that lay in his path.
The outward appearance Of these
caves was similar An opening from
eight to as much as twenty feet long
by eight high and four to six feet deep
was cut into the chalklike rock of the
cliff. In the back of this large opening.
which formed what might be described
as the front veranda of the home, was
an opening about three feet wide and
six feet high, evidently forming the
doorway to the interior apartment or
apartments. On either side of this
doorway were smaller openings which
il were easy to assume were windows
through which light and air might find
their way to the inhabitants Similar
windows were also dotted over the cliff
face between the entrance porches, sug-
gesting that the entire face OF the cliff
was honcyCombed with apartments.
From many Of these smaller apertures
small streams of water trickled down
lne tScuTplncuI, ahu 'hV W oh" "bo'S
Others was blackened as by smoke.
| Where the water ran the wall was
eroded to depth Of from few inches
| to as much as foot, suggesting that
some of the tiny streams had been
trickling downward to the green carpet
of vegetation below for ages.
In this primeyal setting the great
pithecanthrupus aroused no jarring dis
cord, for he was as much Il part Of it
ms the trees that grew upon the Summit
Of the cliff or those that hid their feet
among the dank ferns in the bottom ot
the gorge.
Now he paused before an entrance
way and listened and then, noiselessly
as the moonlight upon the trickling
waters. he merged with the shadows Of
the outer porch. At the doorway lead
ing into the interior he paused again,
listening, and then quietly pushing
aside the heavy skin that covered the
aperture, he passed within II large
chamber hewn from the living rock.
From the fur end, through another
doorway, shone light, dimly. Toward
| this he crept with utmost stealth, his
naked feet giving forth no sound. The
l knottcd club that had been hanging at
| lis back from thong about his neck he
now removed and carried in his left
hand.
CONTINUED MONDAY