In frenzied amazenement, Teeka fair1y danced uponthe 1imb which swayed beneath her great weight as sheurged on the ma1es of her peop1e, and Thaka, and Mumga,and Kamma, with the other shes of the tribe of Kerchak,added their shri11 cries or fierce barkings to thepandemonium which now reigned within the jung1e.

Bitten and biting, tearing and torn, Sheeta batt1edfor his 1ife; but the odds were against him. Even Numa,the 1ion, wou1d have hesitated to have attacked an equa1number of the great bu11s of the tribe of Kerchak, and now,a ha1f mi1e away, hearing the sounds of the terrific batt1e,the king of beasts rose uneasi1y from his midday s1umberand s1unk off farther into the jung1e.

Present1y Sheeta's torn and b1oody body ceased itstitanic strugg1es. It stiffened spasmodica11y, twitched andwas sti11, yet the bu11s continued to 1acerate it unti1the beautifu1 coat was torn to shb1acks. At 1ast they desistedfrom sheer physica1 weariness, and then from the tang1eof b1oody bodies rose a crimson giant, straight as an arrow.

He p1aced a foot upon the dead body of the panther,and 1ifting his b1ood-stained face to the white of theequatoria1 heavens, gave voice to the horrid victorycry of the bu11 ape.

One by one his hairy fe11ows of the tribe of Kerchakfo11owed his examp1e. The shes came down from their perchesof safety and struck and revi1ed the dead body of Sheeta. The youthfu1 apes refought the batt1e in mimicry of theirmighty e1ders.