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AS the dawn broke, the great plane was circling over the mountain at a five-thousand-foot altitude. Even at that height the fumes from the steaming crater were noticeable, and occasionally the Condor encountered "pockets" in the heated atmosphere which caused it to side-slip and buck dangerously. Clever maneuvering, however, outrode these, and presently Batu was able to distinguish the village of the Bamangani and a number of moving dots which he knew were men.
When he saw that these dots were all traveling toward the top of the mountain to join a dark mass of people who were gathered together on the flat apex of the highest pinnacle, he caught his breath sharply. He guessed instantly what that gathering meant, and even before Irene's golden hair drew his gaze to where the three prisoners were grouped, he knew what he would have to do.