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330 birth, which took place in the very chamber in which Komodoflorensal found me. She taught me to take my life before mating with anyone less than a prince; but I would have forgotten her teachings had Komodoflorensal been but the son of a slave. That he was the son of a king I did not dream until the night we left Veltopismakus, and I had already given him my heart long be­fore, though he did not know it."

Weeks passed and still no change came to Tar­zan of the Apes. He was happy in his life with the Minunians, but he longed for his own people and the mate who would be grieving for him, and so he determined to set forth as he was, pass through the thorn forest and make his way toward home, trusting to chance that he might escape the countless dangers that would infest his way, and perhaps come to his normal size somewhere dur­ing the long journey.

His friends sought to dissuade him, but he was determined, and at last, brooking no further de­lay, he set out toward the southeast in the direc­tion that he thought lay the point where he had entered the land of the Minuni. A kamak, a body consisting of one thousand mounted warri­ors, accompanied him to the great forest and there, after some days’ delay, the son of The First Woman found him. The Minunians bid him good-bye, and as he watched them ride away upon their graceful mounts, something rose in his