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Rh throat that only came upon those few occasions in his life that Tarzan of the Apes knew the meaning of home-sickness.

The son of The First Woman and his savage band escorted Tarzan to the edge of the thorn forest. Further than that they could not go. A moment later they saw him disappear among the thorns, with a wave of farewell to them. For two days Tarzan, no larger than a Minunian, made his way through the thorn forest. He met small animals that were now large enough to be dangerous to him, but he met nothing that he could not cope with. By night he slept in the bur­rows of the larger burrowing animals. Birds and eggs formed his food supply.

During the second night he awoke with a feel­ing of nausea suffusing him. A premonition of danger assailed him. It was dark as the grave in the burrow he had selected for the night. Sud­denly the thought smote him that he might be about to pass through the ordeal of regaining his normal stature. To have this thing happen while he lay buried in this tiny burrow would mean death, for he would be crushed, strangled, or suffocated before he regained consciousness.

Already he felt dizzy, as one might feel who was upon the verge of unconsciousness. He stumbled to his knees and clawed his way up the steep acclivity that led to the surface. Would he reach it in time? He stumbled on and then,