the water and now it remained for Tarzan to precipitate them both
beneath the surface but in such a way that he might remain on top.

At the same instant there came within range of Tarzan's vision,
just behind the prostrate form of his companion, the crouching,
devil-faced figure of the striped saber-tooth hybrid, eyeing him
with snarling, malevolent face.

Almost simultaneously Tarzan's shaggy antagonist discovered
the menacing figure of the great cat. Immediately he ceased his
belligerent activities against Tarzan and, jabbering and chattering
to the ape-man, he tried to disengage himself from Tarzan's hold
but in such a way that indicated that as far as he was concerned
their battle was over. Appreciating the danger to his unconscious
companion and being anxious to protect him from the saber-tooth
the ape-man relinquished his hold upon his adversary and together
the two rose to their feet.

Drawing his knife Tarzan moved slowly toward the body of his
companion, expecting that his recent antagonist would grasp the
opportunity for escape. To his surprise, however, the beast, after
regaining its club, advanced at his side.

The great cat, flattened upon its belly, remained motionless except
for twitching tail and snarling lips where it lay perhaps fifty
feet beyond the body of the pithecanthropus. As Tarzan stepped over
the body of the latter he saw the eyelids quiver and open, and in
his heart he felt a strange sense of relief that the creature was
not dead and a realization that without his suspecting it there
had arisen within his savage bosom a bond of attachment for this