“ It is no child's play to hunt wild elephants with the crude weapons of primitive man. ”
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Return of Tarzan (1913). copy citation
| Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
|---|---|
| Source | Return of Tarzan |
| Topic | weapons elephant |
| Date | 1913 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/81/81-h/81-h.htm |
Context
“He pointed the direction to the watchers below, indicating with his fingers the number of beasts he could count.
Immediately the hunters started toward the elephants. The black in the tree hastened down, but Tarzan stalked, after his own fashion, along the leafy way of the middle terrace.
It is no child's play to hunt wild elephants with the crude weapons of primitive man. Tarzan knew that few native tribes ever attempted it, and the fact that his tribe did so gave him no little pride—already he was commencing to think of himself as a member of the little community. As Tarzan moved silently through the trees he saw the warriors below creeping in a half circle upon the still unsuspecting elephants.”
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