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Chapter 5 Mugambi
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By the time that Tarzan had travelled entirely1 about the coast of the island, and made several trips inland from various points, he was sure that he was the only human being upon it.
Nowhere had he found any sign that men had stopped even temporarily upon this shore, though, of course, he knew that so quickly does the rank vegetation of the tropics erase2 all but the most permanent of human monuments that he might be in error in his deductions3.
The day following the killing4 of Numa, Tarzan and Sheeta came upon the tribe of Akut. At sight of the panther the great apes took to flight, but after a time Tarzan succeeded in recalling them.
It had occurred to him that it would be at least an interesting experiment to attempt to reconcile these hereditary6 enemies. He welcomed anything that would occupy his time and his mind beyond the filling of his belly7 and the gloomy thoughts to which he fell prey8 the moment that he became idle.
To communicate his plan to the apes was not a particularly difficult matter, though their narrow and limited vocabulary was strained in the effort; but to impress upon the little, wicked brain of Sheeta that he was to hunt with and not for his legitimate9 prey proved a task almost beyond the powers of the ape-man.
Tarzan, among his other weapons, possessed10 a long, stout11 cudgel, and after fastening his rope about the panther's neck he used this instrument freely upon the
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