by J. T. Edson
xiv Details of the Mun-Gatah nation’s culture are given in Appendix Two.
xv Although Dawn Drummond-Clayton and Bunduki had been given the ability to speak the universal language of the planet Zillikian, for some reason they had said the word ‘Apes’ in English when referring to their connections, with Tarzan. So Charole and Dryaka assumed that it must be the name of their nation.
xvi Having anticipated the fight, Charole had had her trained harpy eagles retained in their mews instead of being on stands in the garden.
xvii What really happened is told in: BUNDUKI by J. T. Edson.
xviii The ‘eyes’ are the coconut’s ovarial cavities.
xix Details of Dawn’s qualifications and family background are given in Appendix Three.
xx As their breastplates offered immunity from the other nations’ archers, the Mun-Gatahs made no use of bows and arrows even for sporting purposes. The shields of the Masai in Kenya gave a similar protection from the arrows of the Wa-Kamba and Kikuyu tribesmen, so the moran took no interest in archery as a means of defense or attack.
xxi Why Dawn decided to leant savate is told in Appendix Three.
xxii A more detailed description of the archery technique being used is given in: BUNDUKI by J. T. Edson.
xxiii Travois: a primitive sledge constructed of two poles for shafts and a frame upon which the load was carried and drawn by a single animal, also used by the North American Indians.
xxiv For purposes of identification, the leatherwork of each district was a different color.
xxv Brachiation: using the hands as a means of swinging from branch to branch through the trees.
xxvi The black panther is a melanistic phase of the leopard, Felis Pardus, not a separate sub species.
xxvii Sir Henry Morton Stanley, who made the comment when he met the Scottish missionary and explorer, Dr. David Livingstone, at Ujiji, Tanganyika, on November the 10th, 1871.
xxviii Some details of Beryl Snowhill’s early career are given in: Mr. J. G. REEDER, MEET ‘CAP’ FOG by J. T. Edson.
xxix Some details of the Amazon nation and its culture are given in Appendix Four.
xxx Tar-Mangani: a white person, from the Australopithecus words tar, meaning ‘white’ and Manganic people.
xxxi An explanation of the Mangani names is given in Appendix Three.
xxxii Every race on Zillikian was equipped with similar devices as a means of passing messages more quickly than would be possible by any other means at their disposal.
xxxiii Clayton, the Greystokes’ family name.
xxxiv For those who have read fictionist genealogist Philip Jose Farmers’ biographical work, TARZAN ALIVE, to avoid confusion, the author has transposed the Christian names of Sir John Paul Clayton and John Armand Drummond-Clayton.
xxxv What happened to James Bowie’s knife after his death during the siege of the Alamo Mission at San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, on March the 6th, 1836, is told in: THE QUEST FOR BOWIE’S BLADE by J. T. Edson.
xxxvi Melombuki: a Masai moran, warrior, who has on four occasions grasped and held the tail of a hunted lion so that his companions could close in and kill it with their m’kukis or simis. A man who attains the title is expected to be willing to fight anything, or anybody.
xxxvii Lord Greystoke3s first meeting with the Waziri is told in: THE RETURN OF TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs. They accompanied him when, following the granting of independence to Kenya, he and all the other members of his family—with the exception of Dawn Drummond-Clayton, q.v., and Bunduki—accepted an invitation by David Innes to make a new home in the primitive world at the center of the Earth. Details of Mr. Innes’ career are given in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ series of PELLUCIDAR biographies and Lord Greystoke’s first visit is described in TARZAN AT THE EARTH’S CORE by the same author.
xxxviii Due to a lack of details when Mr. Commissioner (later Sir Henry) Sanders, C.M.G.—see the various volumes of biography by Edgar Wallace for information respecting to the career of SANDERS OF THE RIVER—told Edgar Rice Burroughs about Tarzan and later, in deference to Lord Greystoke’s desire to protect the Mangani from interference, persecution and exploitation by human beings, they were described as being giant Anthropoid Apes. Since they are now extinct on Earth, the restrictions have been lifted and it can be stated that they were a species of Australopithecus Robustus. To avoid prosecution for contravening the British Official Secrets Act, neither E.R.B. nor Mr. Wallace disclosed the identity of the former’s informant. As there was some similarity in their appearances and they occupied the same general terrain, also because the true status of the Mangani had not yet been established, it is possible that they were responsible for most of the stories of gorillas attacking and, supposedly, abducting native women for sexual reasons.
While Lord Greystoke once taught Manganis how to row a boat, as described in THE BEASTS OF TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the species on Earth were not so advanced intellectually as those on Zillikian, who had progressed to using simple spears and clubs made from branches and roots.
xxxix How this came about is told m: TARZAN OF THE APES by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
xl Details of Mark Counter’s history are given in the FLOATING OUTFIT series of biographies by J. T. Edson.
xli Mark Counter also passed down his qualities to another great-grandson, Deputy Sheriff Bradford Counter, whose exploits are recorded in the ROCKABYE COUNTY series of modern western law enforcement biographies by J. T. Edson.
xlii Sir Henry Curtis’s biographer, H. Rider Haggard, knew of the illegitimate son, he was too tactful to mention the matter in either KING SOLOMON’S MINES or ALLAN QUATERMAIN.
xliii Equus Quagga Quagga was exterminated in its original habitat, South Africa, during the 1870s.
xliv Being unable to care for his younger brother adequately after the death of their parents Captain Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond, q.v., accepted his cousin, Lord Greystoke’s suggestion that he and Lady Greystoke adopted John. As a result, the boy’s name was changed to Drummond-Clayton. The family connections between the Greystokes and the Drummonds are explained in detail by fictionist genealogist Philip Jose Farmer in his biographical work TARZAN ALIVE.
xlv How Sir John and Lady Meriem Drummond-Clayton gained their knowledge is told in THE SON OF TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs. However, on Lord Greystoke’s instructions and wishing to avoid slowing the pace of the fast-moving story by making a lengthy explanation, E.R.B. did not reveal Sir John’s true identity in this biography. Permission now having been granted, the situation has been clarified by Philip Jose Farmer in the above-mentioned biographical work TARZAN ALIVE.
xlvi In Mangani, Tarzan’s name means ‘Whiteskin’. Bunduki adopted the name Tar-Ara, ‘White Lightning’—as a warning of how swiftly he could strike—during his first meeting with the Mangani on Zillikian, which is described in BUNDUKI by J. T. Edson. Later, as is recorded in BUNDUKI AND DAWN by the same author, he became known as Tar-Numa, ‘White Lion’ and called Dawn Tar-Sabor, ‘White Lioness’.
xlvii The history of Captain Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond is recorded in the biographies of H. C. ‘Sapper’ Melville and Gerald Fairlie. They were instructed to avoid making any references to the whereabouts of the Captain’s younger brother so that his enemies could not use John as a means of striking at him.
xlviii According to the researches of Philip Jose Farmer, q.v., Lady Greystoke is the niece of the late Belle Boyd—whose sobriquet, the Rebel Spy, was gained by her activities as an agent in first the Confederate and subsequently the United States of American Secret Services—some of who’s career is told in: THE COLT AND THE SABRE; THE REBEL SPY; THE BLOODY BORDER; BACK TO THE BLOODY BORDER; THE HOODED RIDERS; THE BAD BUNCH; TO ARMS! TO ARMS IN DIXIE!; THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN; THE QUEST FOR BOWIES BLADE and THE WHIP AND THE WAR LANCE by J. T. Edson.
xlix Although Armand John Drummond-Clayton and his wife Hazel had served in the same Resistance Group as Miss A.P.D. (Amelia) Benkinsop, M.A., B.S.C. (Oxon), Hon, Mem. H.O.G.A.
—Holloway Prison Old Girls’ Association—(some of whose activities are re-corded in BLONDE GENIUS by J. T. Edson) during World War II, their family background did not meet with the specialized requirements for Dawn to be allowed to attend Benkinsop’s Academy For The Daughters Of Gentlefolk.
l How the Kavuru longevity pills were obtained is told in TARZAN’S QUEST by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
li Details of Clark Savage Jr.’s life and adventures are given in Kenneth Robeson’s series of DOC SAVAGE biographies—published in Great Britain by Corgi Books—and in DOC SAVAGE, HIS APOCALYPTIC LIFE by Philip Jose Farmer. The latter work explains the family connection between Dr. Savage and Lord Greystoke.
lii The bonds of friendship were so strong that Beryl and Cha—and later, Jill—had been allowed to share in the Kavuru longevity pills, q.v.
