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60 him and the antelope. It must, therefore, be up wind from the quarry as well as from him­self; but why had not the sensitive nostrils of the Herbivora caught the scent of their arch-enemy before it had reached the ape-man; that they had not was evidenced by their placidity as they grazed contentedly, their tails switching and occa­sionally a head raised to look about with up-pricked ears though with no symptom of the ter­ror that would immediately follow the discovery of Numa in their vicinity.

The ape-man concluded that one of those freaks of the air currents that so often leaves a motion­less pocket of air directly in the path of the flow had momentarily surrounded the antelope, insulat­ing them, as it were, from their immediate sur­roundings. And while he was thinking these things and wishing that Numa would go away he was shocked to hear a sudden crashing in the un­derbrush upon the opposite side of the clearing beyond the antelope, who were instantly upon the alert and poised for flight. Almost simultane­ously there broke into view a young lion which, upon coming in sight of the antelope, set up a terrific roaring as it charged. Tarzan could have torn his hair in rage and disappointment. The blundering stupidity of a young lion had robbed him of his meat—the ruminants were scattering in all directions. The lion, charging futilly, had lost his own meat and Tarzan’s, too; but wait!