Chapter Xv. Conquest And Peace : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER XV CONQUEST AND PEACE The fleet sailed directly for Hooja's island, coming to anchor at its northeastern extremity before the flat-topped hill that had been Hooja's stronghold. I sent one of the prisoners ashore to demand an immediate...
Chapter Xi. Escape : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER XI ESCAPE Dian glanced downward and shuddered. Her tribe were hill people--they were not accustomed to swimming other than in quiet rivers and placid lakelets. It was not the steep that appalled her. It was the ocean--vast, mysterious...
Chapter Vi. A Pendent World : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER VI A PENDENT WORLD The Mahars set me free as they had promised, but with strict injunctions never to approach Phutra or any other Mahar city. They also made it perfectly plain that they considered me a dangerous creature, and that having...
Chapter Ii. Traveling With Terror : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER II TRAVELING WITH TERROR We made camp there beside the peaceful river. There Perry told me all that had befallen him since I had departed for the outer crust. It seemed that Hooja had made it appear that I had intentionally left Dian behind...
Chapter Iv. Friendship And Treachery : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER IV FRIENDSHIP AND TREACHERY The Sari proved a most erratic craft. She might have done well enough upon a park lagoon if safely anchored, but upon the bosom of a mighty ocean she left much to be desired. Sailing with the wind she did her...
Chapter Iii. Shooting The Chutes And After : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER III SHOOTING THE CHUTES--AND AFTER Through the fog I felt my way along by means of my compass. I no longer heard the bears, nor did I encounter one within the fog. Experience has since taught me that these great beasts are as terror-stricken...
Chapter X. The Raid On The Cave Prison : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER X THE RAID ON THE CAVE-PRISON His head was turned over his shoulder as I first saw him--he was looking back toward the village. As I leaped for him his eyes fell upon me. Never in my life have I seen a more surprised mortal than this po...
Chapter Vii. From Plight To Plight : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER VII FROM PLIGHT TO PLIGHT I have never been much of a runner; I hate running. But if ever a sprinter broke into smithereens all world's records it was I that day when I fled before those hideous beasts along the narrow spit of rocky cliff...
Chapter Xiii. Racing For Life : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER XIII RACING FOR LIFE At last the sea subsided, and we were able to get a better view of the armada of small boats in our wake. There must have been two hundred of them. Juag said that he had never seen so many boats before in all his life...
Chapter Ix. Hooja's Cutthroats Appear : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER IX HOOJA'S CUTTHROATS APPEAR I had built a little shelter of rocks and brush where I might crawl in and sleep out of the perpetual light and heat of the noonday sun. When I was tired or hungry I retired to my humble cot. My masters never...
Chapter Viii. Captive : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER VIII CAPTIVE When Goork and his people saw that I had no token they commenced to taunt me. "You do not come from Kolk, but from the Sly One!" they cried. "He has sent you from the island to spy upon us. Go away, or we will set upon you...
Chapter I. Lost On Pellucidar : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER I LOST ON PELLUCIDAR The Arabs, of whom I wrote you at the end of my last letter (Innes began), and whom I thought to be enemies intent only upon murdering me, proved to be exceedingly friendly--they were searching for the very b...
Chapter V. Surprises : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER V SURPRISES But at last the allotted moment arrived--the moment for which I had been trying to prepare myself, for how long I could not even guess. A great Sagoth came and spoke some words of command to those who watched over me. I w...
Title Page : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], PELLUCIDAR BY EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS CHICAGO: A.C. MCCLURG [1915] Formatted, with additional proofing, , May 2008. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.
Chapter Xii. Kidnapped : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER XII KIDNAPPED! I searched about the spot carefully. At last I was rewarded by the discovery of her javelin, a few yards from the bush that had concealed us from the charging thag--her javelin and the indications of a struggle revealed by...
Chapter Xiv. Gore And Dreams : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], CHAPTER XIV GORE AND DREAMS It was a two-masted felucca with lateen sails! The craft was long and low. In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land. I w...
Prologue : * "Pellucidar", by Edgar Rice Burroughs, [1915], PROLOGUE Several years had elapsed since I had found the opportunity to do any big-game hunting; for at last I had my plans almost perfected for a return to my old stamping-grounds in northern Africa, where in other days I had had excellent sport...
