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their approach to the Kro-lu country in order that they might properly fit
themselves in the matter of arms and apparel, but remained with them. Thus we
became well acquainted--to such an extent that we looked forward with regret to
the day when they took their places among their new comrades and we should be
forced to continue upon our way alone. It was a matter of much concern to To-
mar that the Krolu would undoubtedly not receive Ajor and me in a friendly
manner, and that consequently we should have to avoid these people.
It would have been very helpful to us could we have made friends with them, as
their country abutted directly upon that of the Galus. Their friendship would
have meant that Ajor's dangers were practically passed, and that I had
accomplished fully one-half of my long journey. In view of what I had passed
through, I often wondered what chance I had to complete that journey in search
of my friends. The further south I should travel on the west side of the island,
the more frightful would the dangers become as I neared the stamping-grounds of
the more hideous reptilia and the haunts of the Alus and the Ho-lu, all of which
were at the southern half of the island; and then if I should not find the members
of my party, what was to become of me? I could not live for long in any portion of
Caspak with which I was familiar; the moment my ammunition was exhausted, I
should be as good as dead.
There was a chance that the Galus would receive me; but even Ajor could not say
definitely whether they would or not, and even provided that they would, could I
retrace my steps from the beginning, after failing to find my own people, and
return to the far northern land of Galus? I doubted it. However, I was learning
from Ajor, who was more or less of a fatalist, a philosophy which was as
necessary in Caspak to peace of mind as is faith to the devout Christian of the
outer world.
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