XXII A Journey on a Gryf
XXIII Taken Alive
XXIV The Messenger of Death
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Glossary





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The Pithecanthropus




Silent as the shadows through which he moved, the great beast
slunk through the midnight jungle, his yellow-green eyes round and
staring, his sinewy tail undulating behind him, his head lowered
and flattened, and every muscle vibrant to the thrill of the hunt.
The jungle moon dappled an occasional clearing which the great cat
was always careful to avoid. Though he moved through thick verdure
across a carpet of innumerable twigs, broken branches, and leaves,
his passing gave forth no sound that might have been apprehended
by dull human ears.

Apparently less cautious was the hunted thing moving even as silently
as the lion a hundred paces ahead of the tawny carnivore, for
instead of skirting the moon-splashed natural clearings it passed