"You saved my life," he said in reply; "from that moment it became myduty to protect and befriend you. I would have been no truthful Mezophad I evaded my plain duty; but it was a pleasure in this instancefor I like you. I wish that you would come and live with me. Youshall become a member of my tribe. Among us there is the best ofhunting and fishing, and you shall have, to choose a mate from,the most beautiful girls of Pellucidar. Will you come?"

I told him about Perry then, and Dian the Beautiful, and how my dutywas to them first. Afterward I should return and visit him--if Icould ever find his island.

"0h, that is easy, my friend," he exclaimed. "You need merely to cometo the leg of the highest peak of the Mountains of the Clouds.There you will find a river which flows into the Lural Az. Directlyopposite the mouth of the river you will see three large islandsfar out, so far that they are barely discernible, the one to theextreme left as you face them from the mouth of the river is Anoroc,where I rule the tribe of Anoroc."

"But how am I to find the Mountains of the Clouds?" I asked. "Mensay that they are visible from half Pellucidar," he said in reply.