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26 and, squatting beside him, facing outward that she might not be taken unaware by any of her fellows, she proceeded to examine her find mi­nutely. Tarzan’s clothing either piqued her curi­osity or aroused her disgust, for she began almost immediately to divest him of it, and having had no former experience of buttons and buckles, she tore it away by main force. The heavy, cor­dovan boots troubled her for a moment, but fin­ally their seams gave way to her powerful mus­cles.

Only the diamond studded, golden locket that had been his mother’s she left untouched upon its golden chain about his neck.

For a moment she sat contemplating him and then she arose and tossing him once more to her shoulder she walked toward the center of the am­phitheater, the greater portion of which was cov­ered by low buildings constructed of enormous slabs of stone, some set on edge to form the walls while others, lying across these, constituted the roofs. Joined end to end, with occasional wings at irregular intervals running out into the amphitheater, they enclosed a rough oval of open ground that formed a large courtyard.

The several outer entrances to the buildings were closed with two slabs of stone, one of which, standing on edge, covered the aperture, while the other, leaning against the first upon the outside, held it securely in place against any efforts that