back toward the forest, and now, as he ran slowly, he turned from
time to time to speed a well-aimed arrow into the body of a pursuer.

Once within the jungle, he found a little knot of determined blacks
waiting to give battle to the oncoming horde, but Tarzan cried to
them to scatter, keeping out of harm's way until they could gather
in force after dark.

"Do as I tell you," he urged, "and I will lead you to victory over
these enemies of yours. Scatter through the forest, picking up as
many stragglers as you can find, and at night, if you think that
you have been followed, come by roundabout ways to the spot where
we killed the elephants today. Then I will explain my plan, and
you will find that it is good. You cannot hope to pit your puny
strength and simple weapons against the numbers and the guns of
the Arabs and the Manyuema."

They finally assented. "When you scatter," explained Tarzan, in
conclusion, "your foes will have to scatter to follow you, and so
it may happen that if you are watchful you can drop many a Manyuema
with your arrows from behind some great trees."

They had barely time to hasten away farther into the forest before
the first of the raiders had crossed the clearing and entered it
in pursuit of them.

Tarzan ran a short distance along the ground before he took to the
trees. Then he raced quickly to the upper terrace, there doubling
on his tracks and making his way rapidly back toward the village.
Here he found that every Arab and Manyuema had joined in the pursuit,