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As we came in sight of the warriors the men set up a great jabbering. Their eyes were wide in astonishment only, I presume, because of my strange garmenture, but as well from the fact that I came in company with a jalok, which is the Pellucidarian name of the hyaenodon. Raja tugged at his leash, growling and showing his long white fangs.
I could see by his expression that he was enjoying in anticipation the battle that seemed imminent. But he never hurled his javelin. A shout of warning from me stopped him, for I had seen the remnants of a rope dangling from the neck of the male jalok. Juag again turned toward me, but this time in surprise. I was abreast him in a moment and, passing him, walked straight toward the two beasts.
As I did so the female crouched with bared fangs. The male, however, leaped forward to meet me, not in deadly charge, but with every expression of delight and joy which the poor animal could exhibit. It was Raja the jalok whose life I had saved, and whom I then had tamed! There was no doubt that he was glad to see me.
Further, they said that no good man went in company with a jalok and that by this line of reason-ing I certainly was a bad man. I saw that they were not naturally a war-like tribe, for they preferred that I leave in peace rather than force them to attack me, whereas the Sarians would have killed a suspicious stranger first and inquired into his purposes later.
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