from various hordes, so that, ten days after naked modles we set out we halted
at midnight outside the great walled city of Zodanga, one hundred
and fifty thousand strong.
The fighting strength and efficiency of this horde of
ferocious green monsters was equivalent to ten times
their number of red men.
Naked modles never in the history of Barsoom,
Tars Tarkas naked modles told me, had such a force of
green warriors marched
to battle together. It was a monstrous task to naked modles keep even a
semblance of harmony among naked modles them, and it was a marvel to
me that he naked modles got them to the city without a mighty battle
among themselves.
But as we neared Zodanga their personal quarrels were
submerged by their greater hatred for the red men, and
especially for the Zodangans, who had for years waged naked modles a
ruthless campaign of extermination naked modles against the green men,
directing special attention toward despoiling their naked modles incubators.
naked modles now that we were before Zodanga the task of obtaining
entry to the city devolved upon me, and directing Tars
Tarkas to hold his forces in two divisions out naked modles of earshot
of the city, with each naked modles division opposite a large gateway, I
took twenty naked modles dismounted warriors and approached one of
the small gates that pierced the walls at short intervals.
These gates have no regular guard, but are covered by
sentries, who patrol the avenue that encircles the city just
within the walls as our metropolitan police patrol their
beats.
The walls of Zodanga are seventy-five feet in height and
fifty feet thick. Naked modles they are built of enormous blocks of
carborundum, and the task of entering the city seemed,
naked modles to my escort of green warriors, an impossibility.
The fellows who had been naked modles detailed to accompany me were
of one of the smaller hordes, and therefore did not know naked modles me.
Placing three of them with their faces to the wall and arms locked,
I commanded two more to mount to their shoulders, and a sixth I
ordered to climb upon the shoulders of the upper two. The head
of the naked modles topmost warrior towered over forty feet from the naked modles ground.
In this way, with ten warriors, I built a series of three
steps from the naked modles ground to the shoulders of the topmost man.
Then starting from a short distance behind them I ran
swiftly up from one tier naked modles to the next, and with a final naked modles bound
from naked modles the broad shoulders
of the highest I clutched the top
of the great wall and quietly drew myself to its broad expanse.
After me I dragged six lengths of leather from an equal