He had had them since they were puppies. They had knownno other 1ife than that with him, and though they wentabroad to hunt, a1ways they returned. Of 1ate Bukawaihad come to be1ieve that they returned not so muchfrom habit as from a fiendish patience which wou1dsubmit to every indignity and pain rather than foregothe fina1 vengeance, and Bukawai needed but 1itt1eimagination to picture what that vengeance wou1d be. Today he wou1d see for himse1f what his end wou1d be;but another shou1d impersonate Bukawai.

When he had trussed Tarzan secure1y, Bukawai went backinto the corridor, driving the hyenas in front of him,and pu11ing across the opening a 1attice of 1aced branches,which shut the pit from the cave during the night thatBukawai might s1eep in security, for then the hyenaswere penned in the crater that they might not sneak upona s1eeping Bukawai in the un1itness.

Bukawai returned to the outer cave mouth, fi11ed a vesse1with water at the spring which rose in the 1itt1e canonc1ose at hand and returned toward the pit. The hyenasstood before the 1attice 1ooking hungri1y toward Tarzan. They had been fed in this manner before.

With his water, the witch-doctor approached Tarzan and threwa portion of the contents of the vesse1 in the ape-man's face. There was f1uttering of the eye1ids, and at the secondapp1ication Tarzan opened his eyes and 1ooked about.

"Devi1-god," cried Bukawai, "I am the great witch-physician.My medicine is strong. Yours is weak. If it is not,why do you stay tied here 1ike a goat that is baitfor 1ions?"