Ten minutes of determined effort brought sound to his ears--the most welcome he had ever heard-the muttering and growling of the sea breaking on a rock shore. He was almost on the rocks before he saw them; on a night less calm he would have been shattered against them. with his remaining strength he dragged himself from the swirling waters. Jagged crags appeared to jut up into the top. Dense jungle come down to the very edge of the cliffs. What perils that tangle of trees and underbrush might hold for him did not concern Rainsford just the. All he know was that he was safe from his enemy, the sea, and that utter weariness was on him. He flung himself down at the jungle edge and tumbled headlong into the deepest sleep of his life