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LAMAR moved always in one
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TARTAN OF THE APES

TANAR moved always in one
= direction and his homing in
stinct assured him that that direc-
ton lay toward Sari. AS far as the
land went he could move unerringly
toward the spot in Pellucidar where
he was born. Every Pellucidarian
can do that, but put them on the
water, out Of sight Of land and that
instinct leaves them and they have
no more conception of direction
than would rcu or I if we were
transported suddenly to a land
where there are no points Of COM
pass, since the sun hangs perpetu-
ally at zenith and there is no moon
and no stars.
Tanar's only wish at present was
to put them as far as possible from
the village of Lar. He would travel
until they reached the coast, for,
knowing that Arniocap was an
island, he knew that eventually they
must come to the ocean. What they
should do then was rather vague in
his mind. He had visions Of build
ing a boat and embarking upon the
sea, although he knew perfectly well
that this would be madness on the
part Of hill dweller such as be.
Presently he felt hungry and he
knew that they must have Travelled
a considerable distance.
Sometimes Tanar kept track of
distance by computing the number
Of steps he took, for by much prac-
tice he had learned to count them
almost mechanically, leaving his
mind free for other perceptions and
thoughts, but here among the
branches Of the trees, where his
steps we're not Of uniform length, he
had thought it not worth effort to
count them and so he could only
tell by the recurrence Of hunger
that they must have travelled con-
siderable distance since they left
the village Of Lar.
During their flight through the
forest they had seen birds and
monkeys and other animals and, on
several occasions, they had paral-
leled or crossed game trails, but as
the Amiocapians had stripped him
Of his weapons he had no means of
obtaining meat until he could stop
long enough to fashion bow and
some arrows and a spear.
How he missed his spear! From
childhood it had been his constant
companion and for a long time he
had felt almost helpless without it.
He never had become entirely &C
customed Or reconciled to carrying
firearms, feeling in the bottom of
his primitive and savage heart that
there was nothing more dependable
than a sturdy, stone-Shod spear.
He had rather liked the bow and
arrows that Innes and Perry had
taught him to make and use, as the
arrows had seemed like little spears.
AT least one could see them, where
as with the strange and noisy weap-
ons, which belched forth smoke and
flame, one could not see the proiec-
tile at all. It was most unnatural
and uncanny.
But Tanar's mind was not occu-
pied with such thoughts at this
time. Food was dominant.
u n
DRESENTLY they came to a
l. small. natural clearing beside a
crystal brook and Tanar swung
lightly to the ground.
We shall stop here" he said,
until I can make weapons and get
meat for u.s.
With the feel of the ground be-
meath her feet again, Stellara felt
more independent. 81 am not
hungry" she said.
Il am" said Tanar.
TO Be Continued
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