and the white looked into each other's eyes across the body of
their kill--and the black made the sign of peace and friendship,
and Tarzan of the Apes answered in kind.





Chapter 15

From Ape to Savage




The noise of their battle with Numa had drawn an excited horde of
savages from the nearby village, and a moment after the lion's death
the two men were surrounded by lithe, ebon warriors, gesticulating
and jabbering--a thousand questions that drowned each ventured
reply.

And then the women came, and the children--eager, curious, and,
at sight of Tarzan, more questioning than ever. The ape-man's new
friend finally succeeded in making himself heard, and when he had
done talking the men and women of the village vied with one another
in doing honor to the strange creature who had saved their fellow
and battled single-handed with fierce Numa.

At last they led him back to their village, where they brought
him gifts of fowl, and goats, and cooked food. When he pointed to