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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: and thither but it was his keen scent and acute hearing which
first located the ape-man. The herd moved restlessly, prepared
for fight, for the old bull had caught the scent of man.
"Peace, Tantor," called The Killer. "It is I, Korak, Tarmangani."
The bull lowered his trunk and the herd resumed their
interrupted meditations. Korak passed within a foot of the
great bull. A sinuous trunk undulated toward him, touching his
brown hide in a half caress. Korak slapped the great shoulder
affectionately as he went by. For years he had been upon good
terms with Tantor and his people. Of all the jungle folk he
loved best the mighty pachyderm--the most peaceful and at the
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