READ THE NOVEL- Chapters 1-31 - ERBzine

Tarzan on Mars
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IN THE CAVERNS OF ISS
AS Tarzan lay lashed to the wind swept deck of the small
scout flier alongside Kar Komak, the swiftly unfolding moonlit
landscape beneath him failed to attract his full attention
because his mind was occupied with the urgent problem of
communication. Here he was in a strange world preparing to
enter into a vast enemy camp and assail a tremendous fortress,
incognito, and yet he could not even speak the language
of Barsoom. If only he might converse with Kar Komak in
some way he might acquire information which would be of
great value later on.
Kar Komak must have been concentrating upon the same
problem, for the apeman soon became aware of thoughts in
his mind which were not his own.
He had a mental image of a red Martian warrior walking
along a road, and with the image came a mental sound, a word
symbol: mad. He looked over at Kar Komak, who smiled and
nodded encouragement.
"Mad," said Tarzan. He realized then that the Lotharian
was trying to teach him the language by telepathic means.
Evidently, "mad" was the Barsoomian word for "man".
This was confirmed in the next moment when the manimage
in his mind changed to that of a woman, followed by the
mental word-sound: amad.
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