Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян
Burials
Aboutthesametimethelook-outontheArrowmusthavediscernedit,forinafewminutesTarzansawthesailsbeingshiftedandshortened.Theshipcameabout,andpresentlyheknewthatshewasbeatingbacktowardland.
Amanatthebowswasconstantlyheavingintotheseaaropetotheendofwhichasmallobjectwasfastened.Tarzanwonderedwhatthepurposeofthisactionmightbe.
Atlasttheshipcameupdirectlyintothewind;theanchorwaslowered;downcamethesails.Therewasgreatscurryingaboutondeck.
Aboatwaslowered,andinitagreatchestwasplaced.ThenadozensailorsbenttotheoarsandpulledrapidlytowardthepointwhereTarzancrouchedinthebranchesofatree.
Inthesternoftheboat,asitdrewnearer,Tarzansawtherat-facedman.
Itwasbutafewminuteslaterthattheboattouchedthebeach.Themenjumpedoutandliftedthegreatchesttothesand.Theywereonthenorthsideofthepointsothattheirpresencewasconcealedfromthoseatthecabin.
Themenarguedangrilyforamoment.Thentherat-facedone,withseveralcompanions,ascendedthelowbluffonwhichstoodthetreethatconcealedTarzan.Theylookedaboutforseveralminutes.
"Hereisagoodplace,"saidtherat-facedsailor,indicatingaspotbeneathTarzan’stree.
"Itisasgoodasany,"repliedoneofhiscompanions.
