Tarzan does not want her."

"Tarzan has found another she?" asked Taug.

The ape-boy shrugged.

"For the Gomangani there is another Gomangani," he said;
"for Numa, the lion, there is Sabor, the lioness;
for Sheeta there is a she of his own kind; for Bara,
the deer; for Manu, the monkey; for all the beasts
and the birds of the jungle is there a mate. Only for
Tarzan of the Apes is there none. Taug is an ape.
Teeka is an ape. Go back to Teeka. Tarzan is a man.
He will go alone."






2

The Capture of Tarzan

THE BLACK WARRIORS labored in the humid heat of the jungle's
stifling shade. With war spears they loosened the thick,
black loam and the deep layers of rotting vegetation.
With heavy-nailed fingers they scooped away the disintegrated
earth from the center of the age-old game trail. Often they
ceased their labors to squat, resting and gossiping,