Prologue : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], PROLOGUE In the first place please bear in mind that I do not expect you to believe this story. Nor could you wonder had you witnessed a recent experience of mine when, in the armor of blissful and stupendous ignorance, I gaily narrated...
Xi. Four Dead Mahars : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], XI FOUR DEAD MAHARS A moment later I was standing before a dozen Mahars--the social investigators of Phutra. They asked me many questions, through a Sagoth interpreter. I answered them all truthfully. They seemed particularly interested...
I. Toward The Eternal Fires : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], I TOWARD THE ETERNAL FIRES I was born in Connecticut about thirty years ago. My name is David Innes. My father was a wealthy mine owner. When I was nineteen he died. All his property was to be mine when I had attained my majority--provided...
Vii. Freedom : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], VII FREEDOM Once out of the direct path of the animal, fear of it left me, but another emotion as quickly gripped me--hope of escape that the demoralized condition of the guards made possible for the instant. I thought of Perry, but...
Iv. Dian The Beautiful : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], IV DIAN THE BEAUTIFUL When our guards aroused us from sleep we were much refreshed. They gave us food. Strips of dried meat it was, but it put new life and strength into us, so that now we too marched with high-held heads, and took noble...
X. Phutra Again : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], X PHUTRA AGAIN I hastened to the cliff edge above Ja and helped him to a secure footing. He would not listen to any thanks for his attempt to save me, which had come so near miscarrying. "I had given you up for lost when you tumbled...
Xii. Pursuit : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], XII PURSUIT For an instant I stood there thinking of her, and then, with a sigh, I tucked the book in the thong that supported my loin cloth, and turned to leave the apartment. At the bottom of the corridor which leads aloft from the lower...
Ix. The Face Of Death : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], IX THE FACE OF DEATH I must have fallen asleep from exhaustion. When I awoke I was very hungry, and after busying myself searching for fruit for a while, I set off through the jungle to find the beach. I knew that the island was not so...
Ii. A Strange World : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], II A STRANGE WORLD I was unconscious little more than an instant, for as I lunged forward from the crossbeam to which I had been clinging, and fell with a crash to the floor of the cabin, the shock brought me to myself. My first concern w...
Vi. The Beginning Of Horror : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], VI THE BEGINNING OF HORROR Within Pellucidar one time is as good as another. There were no nights to mask our attempted escape. All must be done in broad day-light--all but the work I had to do in the apartment beneath the building. So we...
Viii. The Mahar Temple : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], VIII THE MAHAR TEMPLE The aborigine, apparently uninjured, climbed quickly into the skiff, and seizing the spear with me helped to hold off the infuriated creature. Blood from the wounded reptile was now crimsoning the waters about us...
Xiv. The Garden Of Eden : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], XIV THE GARDEN OF EDEN With no heavenly guide, it is little wonder that I became confused and lost in the labyrinthine maze of those mighty hills. What, in reality, I did was to pass entirely through them and come out above the valley up...
V. Slaves : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], V SLAVES As we descended the broad staircase which led to the main avenue of Phutra I caught my first sight of the dominant race of the inner world. Involuntarily I shrank back as one of the creatures approached to inspect us. A more...
Title Page And Map : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], AT THE EARTH'S CORE BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co. [1914] Created by Judith Boss, Omaha, Nebraska Map of Pellucidar
Xiii. The Sly One : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], XIII THE SLY ONE The Sagoths were gaining on us rapidly, for once they had sighted us they had greatly increased their speed. On and on we stumbled up the narrow canyon that Ghak had chosen to approach the heights of Sari. On either side...
Iii. A Change Of Masters : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], III A CHANGE OF MASTERS We must have traveled several miles through the dark and dismal wood when we came suddenly upon a dense village built high among the branches of the trees. As we approached it my escort broke into wild shouting which...
Xv. Back To Earth : * "At the Earth's Core", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1914], XV BACK TO EARTH We crossed the river and passed through the mountains beyond, and finally we came out upon a great level plain which stretched away as far as the eye could reach. I cannot tell you in what direction it stretched even if you...