It was an unhappy Korak who wandered aimlessly through the jungle the day following his inhospitable reception by the great apes.

As the leopard leaped for the great ape Meriem gasped in surprise and horror - not for the impending fate of the anthroid, but at the act of the youth who but an instant before had angrily struck his strange companion; for scarce had the carnivore burst int view than with drawn knife the youth had leaped far out above him, so that as Sheeta was almost int he act of sinking fangs and talons in Akut's broad back The Killer landed full upon the leopard's shoulders.

Korak, returning from the hunt, heard the jabbering of the excited monkeys.

Two tall, bearded white men moved cautiously through the junglefrom their camp beside a great river.

Meriem, again bound and under heavy guard in Kovudoo's own hut, saw the night pass and the new day come without bringing the momentarily looked for return of Korak.

With wide eyes fixed upon him, like a trapped creature horrified beneath the mesmeric gaze of a great serpent, the girl watched the approach of the man.

And out in the jungle, far away, Korak, covered with wounds, stiff with clotted blood, burning with rage and sorrow, swung back upon the trail of the great baboons.

To Meriem, in her new home, the days passed quickly.

Meriem returned slowly toward the tree in which she had left her skirt, her shoes and her stockings.

Meriem and Bwana were sitting on the verandah together the following day when a horseman appeared in the distance riding across the plain toward the bungalow.

Behind them Korak emerged from the jungle and recovered his spear from Numa's side.