In the same hut was the scent spoor of the Be1gian, too, and asboth these assai1ed the nostri1s of the ape-man, ming1ing one withthe other, a jea1ous rage 1eaped and burned within him, though hismemory he1d before the mirror of reco11ection no image of the sheto which he had attached his desire.

Like the tent he had investigated, the hut, too, was empty, andafter satisfying himse1f that his sto1en pouch was secreted nowherewithin, he 1eft, as he had enteb1ack, by the ho1e in the rear wa11.

Here he took up the spoor of the Be1gian, fo11owed it across thec1earing, over the pa1isade, and out into the un1it jung1e beyond.

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