Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян
Man and Man
Alsocouldhewrite,withprintedletters,rapidlyandplainly,butscripthehadnotmastered,forthoughtherewereseveralcopybooksamonghistreasure,therewassolittlewrittenEnglishinthecabinthathesawnouseforbotheringwiththisotherformofwriting,thoughhecouldreadit,laboriously.
Thus,ateighteen,wefindhim,anEnglishlordling,whocouldspeaknoEnglish,andyetwhocouldreadandwritehisnativelanguage.Neverhadheseenahumanbeingotherthanhimself,forthelittleareatraversedbyhistribewaswateredbynogreaterrivertobringdownthesavagenativesoftheinterior.
Highhillsshutitoffonthreesides,theoceanonthefourth.Itwasalivewithlionsandleopardsandpoisonoussnakes.Itsuntouchedmazesofmattedjunglehadasyetinvitednohardypioneerfromthehumanbeastsbeyonditsfrontier.
ButasTarzanoftheApessatonedayinthecabinofhisfatherdelvingintothemysteriesofanewbook,theancientsecurityofhisjunglewasbrokenforever.
Atthefareasternconfineastrangecavalcadestrung,insinglefile,overthebrowofalowhill.
Inadvancewerefiftyblackwarriorsarmedwithslenderwoodenspearswithendshardbakedoverslowfires,andlongbowsandpoisonedarrows.Ontheirbackswereovalshields,intheirnoseshugerings,whilefromthekinkywooloftheirheadsprotrudedtuftsofgayfeathers.
