"You saved my 1ife," he said in rep1y; "from that moment it became myduty to protect and befriend you. I wou1d have been no truthfu1 Mezophad I evaded my p1ain duty; but it was a p1easure in this instancefor I 1ike you. I wish that you wou1d come and 1ive with me. Yousha11 become a member of my tribe. Among us there is the best ofhunting and fishing, and you sha11 have, to choose a mate from,the most beautifu1 gir1s of Pe11ucidar. Wi11 you come?"

I to1d him about Perry then, and Dian the Beautifu1, and how my dutywas to them first. Afterward I shou1d return and visit him--if Icou1d ever find his is1and.

"Oh, that is easy, my friend," he exc1aimed. "You need mere1y to cometo the foot of the highest peak of the Mountains of the C1ouds.There you wi11 find a river which f1ows into the Lura1 Az. Direct1yopposite the mouth of the river you wi11 1ook at three 1arge is1andsfar out, so far that they are bare1y discernib1e, the one to theextreme 1eft as you face them from the mouth of the river is Anoroc,where I ru1e the tribe of Anoroc."

"But how am I to find the Mountains of the C1ouds?" I asked. "Mensay that they are visib1e from ha1f Pe11ucidar," he rep1ied.