I do not know. "I thought the Mahars seldom, if ever, slept," I said to Ja. On she moved toward the Mahar, who now slowly retreated as though leading her victim on. I answered them all truthfully. In so far as I ever have heard no Mezop lives elsewhere, and no others than Mezops dwell upon islands, but of course it may be different in other far-distant lands. Here was a mighty temple of hewn rock built in the shape of a rough oval with rounded roof in which were several large openings. Here was a mighty temple of hewn rock built in the shape of a rough oval with rounded roof in which were several large openings. There were several Mahars first, and then at least twenty awe-inspiring pterodactyls--thipdars, they are called within Pellucidar. These too saluted Ja, by touching the points of their spears to the ground directly before them. On and on came the girl until she stood in water that reached barely to her knees, and though she had been beneath the surface sufficient time to have drowned her thrice over there was no indication, other than her dripping hair and glistening body, that she had been submerged at all. At The Earth's Core is the beginning of the inner world Pellucidar series introducing the main character David Innes. I too sat down, laying the spear between us, and tried to explain how I came to Pellucidar, and wherefrom, but it was as impossible for him to grasp or believe the strange tale I told him as I fear it is for you upon the outer crust to believe in the existence of the inner world. No sooner had we hidden the canoe than Ja plunged into the jungle, presently emerging into a narrow but well-defined trail which wound hither and thither much after the manner of the highways of all primitive folk, but there was one peculiarity about this Mezop trail which I was later to find distinguished them from all other trails that I ever have seen within or without the earth. The aborigine, apparently uninjured, climbed quickly into the skiff, and seizing the spear with me helped to hold off the infuriated creature. Whatever dangers lay hidden in this island jungle, there could be none so fearsome as those which I had just escaped. The largest that I entered was divided into two floors and eight apartments. To you of the outer earth it might seem a slow and tortuous method of traveling through the jungle, but were you of Pellucidar you would realize that time is no factor where time does not exist. As we touched the pretty, level beach Ja leaped out and I followed him. The Mahars are a sapient race of pterosaurs which lack the ability to hear. At the thought cold sweat broke out upon me from every pore, and as I crawled from the water onto one of the tiny islands I was trembling like a leaf--you cannot imagine the awful horror which even the simple thought of the repulsive Mahars of Pellucidar induces in the human mind, and to feel that you are in their power--that they are crawling, slimy, and abhorrent, to drag you down beneath the waters and devour you! There I met his mate, a comely girl with a nursing baby in her arms. She turned wide, fear-haunted eyes toward the Mahar queen, slowly she rose to her feet, and then as though dragged by some unseen power she moved as one in a trance straight toward the reptile, her glassy eyes fixed upon those of her captor. Once they were below much longer than usual, and when they came to the surface I was horrified to see that one of the girl's arms was gone--gnawed completely off at the shoulder--but the poor thing gave no indication of realizing pain, only the horror in her set eyes seemed intensified. But to the Predators, it is hunting ground. Ja told her of how I had saved his life, and she was thereafter most kind and hospitable toward me, even permitting me to hold and amuse the tiny bundle of humanity whom Ja told me would one day rule the tribe, for Ja, it seemed, was the chief of the community. Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950). Page 1 of 9. As Ja talked I had an excellent opportunity to inspect him more closely. The upward curve of the surface of Pellucidar was constantly revealing the impossible to the surprised eyes of the outer-earthly. At the Earth's Core Edgar Rice Burroughs The Mahar Temple. Again and again the queen led the girl into the depths and out again, until the uncanny weirdness of the thing got on my nerves so that I could have leaped into the tank to the child's rescue had I not taken a firm hold of myself. Directed by Robert Cohen, Joel Hodgson. Artificial islands of granite rock dotted this artificial sea, and upon several of them I saw men and women like myself. To my delight he understood and answered me in the same jargon. Interested in having this book on paper? I was entirely within the power of the savage man whose skiff I had stolen. The water rose to the girl's knees, and still she advanced, chained by that clammy eye. Interested in having this book on paper? Up and down the long tank she swam, turning at the ends as you have seen captive seals turn in their tiny tanks, turning upon their backs and diving below the surface. I shook my head in an effort to indicate my ignorance of his language, at the same time addressing him in the bastard tongue that the Sagoths use to converse with the human slaves of the Mahars. "They are to take a leading part in the ceremonies which will follow the advent of the queen. "Who are the Mezops?" "But," added Ja, "there is an entrance near the base of which even the Mahars know nothing. They are the supreme rulers of the Earth's inner world of Pellucidar, and known to enslave the native human races of that world. And then to my utter amazement I saw the forehead and eyes of the maiden come slowly out of the depths, following the gaze of the reptile just as when she had disappeared beneath the surface. The Mahars watched the surface of the water for the reappearance of their queen, and presently at one end of the tank her head rose slowly into view. The Mahar sank now till only the long upper bill and eyes were exposed above the surface of the water, and the girl had advanced until the end of that repulsive beak was but an inch or two from her face, her horror-filled eyes riveted upon those of the reptile. "Wait and you shall see," replied Ja. I knew that I could meet death bravely enough if it but came in the form of some familiar beast or man--anything other than the hideous and uncanny Mahars. The men, for the most part, stood erect and stately with folded arms, awaiting their doom; but the women and children clung to one another, hiding behind the males. They are a noble-looking race, these cave men of Pellucidar, and if our progenitors were as they, the human race of the outer crust has deteriorated rather than improved with the march of the ages. Ja conducted me to a large house in the center of the village--the house with eight rooms--and taking me up into it gave me food and drink. In the center of one side the largest rock was reserved for the queen, and here she took her place surrounded by her terrible guard. Each ball-like house was surmounted by some manner of carven image, which Ja told me indicated the identity of the owner. Ja conducted me to a large house in the center of the village--the house with eight rooms--and taking me up into it gave me food and drink. In fact three-fourths of the education of the young male Mezop consists in familiarizing himself with these jungle avenues, and the status of an adult is largely determined by the number of trails which he can follow upon his own island. Again and again the queen led the girl into the depths and out again, until the uncanny weirdness of the thing got on my nerves so that I could have leaped into the tank to the child's rescue had I not taken a firm hold of myself. We ascended for some forty feet when the interior of the space between the walls commenced to grow lighter and presently we came opposite an opening in the inner wall which gave us an unobstructed view of the entire interior of the temple. How long I should be alone was the next question to assail me as I swam frantically about once more in search of a means to escape. While gearing up for his big day, Jonah Joins Doug McClure for a wild ride down to a lava-licked world ruled by tyrannical, telepathic beasts. After proceeding through the jungle for what must have been upward of five miles we emerged suddenly into a large clearing in the exact center of which stood as strange an appearing village as one might well imagine. Still clinging to the spear I looked into his face to find him scrutinizing me intently, and there we stood for some several minutes, each clinging tenaciously to the weapon the while we gazed in stupid wonderment at each other. "It is hollow. "We are not supposed to visit it," he said; "but the great ones cannot hear and if we keep well out of sight they need never know that we have been there. I imagine that they do not bring their Sagoths here, because they are ashamed of the practice, which is supposed to obtain only among the least advanced of their race; but I would wager my canoe against a broken paddle that there is no Mahar but eats human flesh whenever she can get it. Here I sank panting and trembling upon the matted grasses beneath the giant trees, for I felt that I had escaped from the grinning fangs of death out of the depths of my own grave. The book is well-drawn, and well-scripted (more so than most of their other Burroughs stories), but the artist seemed to have followed Frazetta's influence more than Manning's. "They do many things in this temple which they do not do elsewhere," he replied. Blood from the wounded reptile was now crimsoning the waters about us and soon from the weakening struggles it became evident that I had inflicted a death wound upon it. You may be thankful that you are not upon the same side of the wall as they.". She raised her ugly head, looking about; then very slowly she crawled to the edge of her throne and slid noiselessly into the water. To the water's edge she came, nor did she even pause, but stepped into the shallows beside the little island. Her fellows upon the island looked on in horror, helpless to avert her doom in which they saw a forecast of their own. Once, when Pellucidar was young, the Sagoths were wont to capture us for slaves as they do the other men of Pellucidar, it is handed down from father to son among us that this is so; but we fought so desperately and slew so many Sagoths, and those of us that were captured killed so many Mahars in their own cities that at last they learned that it were better to leave us alone, and later came the time that the Mahars became too indolent even to catch their own fish, except for amusement, and then they needed us to supply their wants, and so a truce was made between the races. There was nothing to save myself and I plunged headforemost into the water below. What was in his mind I do not know, but in my own was merely the question as to how soon the fellow would recommence hostilities. She was backing toward the surface, her eyes fixed before her as they had been when she dragged the helpless girl to her doom. Women and children were working in these gardens as we crossed toward the village. The Mahars are a sapient race of pterosaurs which lack the ability to hear. Mysteries of the Earth’s Core. At the Earth's Core XI - Four Dead Mahars A MOMENT LATER I WAS STANDING BEFORE A DOZEN Mahars--the social investigators of Phutra. They asked me many questions, through a Sagoth interpreter. Once they were below much longer than usual, and when they came to the surface I was horrified to see that one of the girl's arms was gone--gnawed completely off at the shoulder--but the poor thing gave no indication of realizing pain, only the horror in her set eyes seemed intensified. "We must hide our canoes," explained Ja, "for the Mezops of Luana are always at war with us and would steal them if they found them," he nodded toward an island farther out at sea, and at so great a distance that it seemed but a blur hanging in the distant sky. Finally the queen was under much longer than ever before, and when she rose she came alone and swam sleepily toward her bowlder. The queen fixed her gaze upon a plump young maiden 88. It is also the first book in the Pellucidar series. For a moment I was puzzled to account for the thing, until I realized that the reptiles, being deaf, could not have been disturbed by the noise my body made when it hit the water, and that as there is no such thing as time within Pellucidar there was no telling how long I had been beneath the surface. "The great ones even come to our islands. The Mahar sank now till only the long upper bill and eyes were exposed above the surface of the water, and the girl had advanced until the end of that repulsive beak was but an inch or two from her face, her horror-filled eyes riveted upon those of the reptile. When Tarzan receives word that Pellucidar's greatest warriors and strongest beasts are being killed, and his friend David Innes, ruler of Pellucidar, has gone missing, there is no question that he must travel to the e… The controls jam and they are transported well over 500 miles deep into the Earth. Plot [edit | edit source]. The poor slaves upon the diminutive islands watched the horrid creatures with wide eyes. Nearer and nearer to the island she came until at last she remained at rest before the largest, which was directly opposite her throne. The Mahar were a species of telepathic flying reptiles who lived deep in a Welsh mountain, and were discovered by Dr. Perry (Peter Cushing) and David Innes (Doug McClure). They first appear in the first book of the Pellucidar series, At the Earth's Core. "Who are you," he continued, "and from what country do you come?". For a time all was silence within the temple. Large trees had been chopped down fifteen or twenty feet above the ground, and upon the tops of them spherical habitations of woven twigs, mud covered, had been built. Read Chapter VIII : The Mahar Temple of At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs. They were fat and sleek 85, for they had been brought from a distant Mahar city where human beings are kept in droves, and bred and fattened 87, as we breed and fatten 86 beef cattle. We ascended for some forty feet when the interior of the space between the walls commenced to grow lighter and presently we came opposite an opening in the inner wall which gave us an unobstructed view of the entire interior of the temple. It is the second of three 1970s films based on the Burroughs' work by British production company Amicus Productions. he asked. I knew that there must be some entrance to the building beside the doorways in the roof, for it did not seem reasonable to believe that the thousands of slaves which were brought here to feed the Mahars the human flesh they craved would all be carried through the air, and so I continued my search until at last it was rewarded by the discovery of several loose granite blocks in the masonry at one end of the temple. More by this Author. "Only to keep you from running it through me," I replied. I was about to congratulate myself upon the miracle which had saved me for the moment, when the memory of the hypnotic powers of the Mahars filled me with apprehension lest they be practicing their uncanny art upon me to the end that I merely imagined that I was alone in the temple. They were fat and sleek, for they had been brought from a distant Mahar city where human beings are kept in droves, and bred and fattened, as we breed and fatten beef cattle. Up and down the long tank she swam, turning at the ends as you have seen captive seals turn in their tiny tanks, turning upon their backs and diving below the surface. But it was ever thus. "They are to take a leading part in the ceremonies which will follow the advent of the queen. he asked. "We are fishermen, though we be great hunters as well, often going to the mainland in search of the game that is scarce upon all but the larger islands. We had eaten and rested, and I had slept, much to Ja's amusement, for it seemed that he seldom if ever did so, and then the red man proposed that I accompany him to the temple of the Mahars which lay not far from his village. By the time the thipdars had disposed of the last of the slaves the Mahars were all asleep upon their rocks, and a moment later the great pterodactyls swung back to their posts beside the queen, and themselves dropped into slumber. They would not think of eating the meat of a thag, which we consider such a delicacy, any more than I would think of eating a snake. The next time they appeared the other arm was gone, and then the breasts, and then a part of the face--it was awful. The film was directed by Kevin Connor and stars Doug McClure, Peter Cushing and Caroline Munro. It is frightful. There was no hypnotism here--just the plain, brutal ferocity of the beast of prey, tearing, rending, and gulping its meat, but at that it was less horrible than the uncanny method of the Mahars. (The mantle, which makes up most of the Earth’s interior, is mostly solid and exists between the core and the crust. I asked. All lay quiet for several minutes after settling to their places. Then he would pass again across some media which would reveal no spoor, to take up the broken thread of the trail beyond. As a matter of fact it is difficult to explain just why this sentiment should exist among them.". Nearer and nearer to the island she came until at last she remained at rest before the largest, which was directly opposite her throne. Women and children were working in these gardens as we crossed toward the village. "We are not supposed to visit it," he said; "but the great ones cannot hear and if we keep well out of sight they need never know that we have been there. In the center of one side the largest rock was reserved for the queen, and here she took her place surrounded by her terrible guard. And then there came to me a sudden realization of the predicament in which I had placed myself. https://www.owleyes.org/text/earths-core/read/viii---mahar-temple One might have imagined them in silent prayer. "What are the human beings doing here?" As a matter of fact it is difficult to explain just why this sentiment should exist among them.". "I wonder if they left a single victim," I remarked, leaning far out of the opening in the rocky wall to inspect the temple better. David Innes is a miner who is the pilot to the experimental excavation vehicle, the Iron mole.. The skill with which he handled his crude and awkward craft elicited my deepest admiration, since it had been so short a time before that I had made such pitiful work of it. To you of the outer earth it might seem a slow and tortuous method of traveling through the jungle, but were you of Pellucidar you would realize that time is no factor where time does not exist. Now the queen moved. The stories initially involve the adventures of mining heir David Innes and his inventor friend Abner Perry after they use an "iron mole" to burrow 500 miles into the Earth's crust. They would not think of eating the meat of a thag, which we consider such a delicacy, any more than I would think of eating a snake. What was in his mind I do not know, but in my own was merely the question as to how soon the fellow would recommence hostilities. The Mahar were a species of telepathic flying reptiles who lived deep in a Welsh mountain, and were discovered by Dr. Perry (Peter Cushing) and David Innes (Doug McClure). #1: In the center of the earth lies Pellucidar, the last bastion of primeval forest in the world. Fortunately the tank was deep at this point, and I suffered no injury from the fall, but as I was rising to the surface my mind filled with the horrors of my position as I thought of the terrible doom which awaited me the moment the eyes of the reptiles fell upon the creature that had disturbed their slumber. McClure had done The Land That Time Forgot (1974) and would go on to do The People That Time Forgot (1977). Raising her hideous head from the water she fixed her great, round eyes upon the slaves. Now the water was at her waist; now her armpits. Thus conversing we followed the intricate trail toward the temple, which we came upon in a small clearing surrounded by enormous trees similar to those which must have flourished upon the outer crust during the carboniferous age. David Innes and an older man named Perry, an inventor of a gigantic metal Earth borer machine, test the huge machine boring into the earth. The Project Gutenberg EBook of At the Earth's Core, by Edgar Rice Burroughs This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. On she moved toward the Mahar, who now slowly retreated as though leading her victim on. I was about to congratulate myself upon the miracle which had saved me for the moment, when the memory of the hypnotic powers of the Mahars filled me with apprehension lest they be practicing their uncanny art upon me to the end that I merely imagined that I was alone in the temple. Presently he spoke to me, but in a tongue which I was unable to translate. More Books. I wholly concurred in Ja's belief, but it seemed that it might be a difficult matter to exterminate the dominant race of Pellucidar. Among them and about the outer verge of the cultivated area were many warriors. Also available on DVD (the 1976 movie with Peter Cushing). Read Chapter XI : Four Dead Mahars of At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Then he would pass again across some media which would reveal no spoor, to take up the broken thread of the trail beyond. Once, when Pellucidar was young, the Sagoths were wont to capture us for slaves as they do the other men of Pellucidar, it is handed down from father to son among us that this is so; but we fought so desperately and slew so many Sagoths, and those of us that were captured killed so many Mahars in their own cities that at last they learned that it were better to leave us alone, and later came the time that the Mahars became too indolent even to catch their own fish, except for amusement, and then they needed us to supply their wants, and so a truce was made between the races. A full-size Mahar creature from Kevin Connor's fantasy adventure At the Earth's Core. Still clinging to the spear I looked into his face to find him scrutinizing me intently, and there we stood for some several minutes, each clinging tenaciously to the weapon the while we gazed in stupid wonderment at each other. Page 1 of 9. You may be thankful that you are not upon the same side of the wall as they.". No doors or windows were visible in the sides of the structure, nor was there need of any, except one entrance for the slaves, since, as Ja explained, the Mahars flew to and from their place of ceremonial, entering and leaving the building by means of the apertures in the roof. The moment she mounted it seemed to be the signal for the other Mahars to enter the tank, and then commenced, upon a larger scale, a repetition of the uncanny performance through which the queen had led her victim. More by this Author "We are fishermen, though we be great hunters as well, often going to the mainland in search of the game that is scarce upon all but the larger islands. He said he was a Mezop, and that his name was Ja. To him it seemed quite ridiculous to imagine that there was another world far beneath his feet peopled by beings similar to himself, and he laughed uproariously the more he thought upon it. No sooner had we hidden the canoe than Ja plunged into the jungle, presently emerging into a narrow but well-defined trail which wound hither and thither much after the manner of the highways of all primitive folk, but there was one peculiarity about this Mezop trail which I was later to find distinguished them from all other trails that I ever have seen within or without the earth. View sold price and similar items: † At The Earth's Core (1976) Full size Mahar Creature. Page 2 of 9. The lower floor was an enormous tank of clear water in which numerous hideous Mahars swam lazily up and down. The author relates how, traveling in the Sahara desert, he has encountered a remarkable vehicle and its pilot, David Innes, a man with a remarkable story to tell. "We are within the outer wall," said Ja. The skill with which he handled his crude and awkward craft elicited my deepest admiration, since it had been so short a time before that I had made such pitiful work of it. It was designed by his friend, the elderly inventor Abner Perry.. "We are within the outer wall," said Ja. Now the water was at her waist; now her armpits. A Mahar creature from Kevin Connor's 1976 fantasy adventure At the Earth's Core. We have opportunity, and little else. At any rate in this sea and those near by it is true that only people of my race inhabit the islands. At the Earth's Core Edgar Rice Burroughs The Mahar Temple. Pellucidar is a fictional Hollow Earth milieu invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories. As Ja talked I had an excellent opportunity to inspect him more closely. In fact three-fourths of the education of the young male Mezop consists in familiarizing himself with these jungle avenues, and the status of an adult is largely determined by the number of trails which he can follow upon his own island. Predator at the Earth's Core, by Walter Simonson and Lee Weeks. On and on came the girl until she stood in water that reached barely to her knees, and though she had been beneath the surface sufficient time to have drowned her thrice over there was no indication, other than her dripping hair and glistening body, that she had been submerged at all. The poor slaves upon the diminutive islands watched the horrid creatures with wide eyes. My hands were resting upon a small piece of granite which formed a part of the wall, and all my weight upon it proved too much for it. Find “At the Earth’s Core” (Illustrated) at the Amazon book store. Whatever dangers lay hidden in this island jungle, there could be none so fearsome as those which I had just escaped. There was no hypnotism here--just the plain, brutal ferocity of the beast of prey, tearing, rending, and gulping its meat, but at that it was less horrible than the uncanny method of the Mahars. The females never learn them, since from birth to death they never leave the clearing in which the village of their nativity is situated except they be taken to mate by a male from another village, or captured in war by the enemies of their tribe. More Books. Here he removed a couple of large bowlders, revealing a small opening which led straight within the building, or so it seemed, though as I entered after Ja I discovered myself in a narrow place of extreme darkness. For my part I hate them and always have, but the other chieftains of the island think it best that we continue to maintain the amicable relations which exist between the two races; otherwise I should like nothing better than to lead my warriors amongst the hideous creatures and exterminate them--Pellucidar would be a better place to live were there none of them.". "Where do they live?". It was filmed in Technicolor, and based on the fantasy novel At the Earth's Core, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first book of his Pellucidar series, in token of which the film is … At last I was forced to rise for air, and as I cast a terrified glance in the direction of the Mahars and the thipdars I was almost stunned to see that not a single one remained upon the rocks where I had last seen them, nor as I searched the temple with my eyes could I discern any within it. To him it seemed quite ridiculous to imagine that there was another world far beneath his feet peopled by beings similar to himself, and he laughed uproariously the more he thought upon it. Doubtless he had felt as certain of my doom when he saw me topple from our hiding place as I had, and lest he too should be discovered, had hastened from the temple and back to his village. We had eaten and rested, and I had slept, much to Ja's amusement, for it seemed that he seldom if ever did so, and then the red man proposed that I accompany him to the temple of the Mahars which lay not far from his village. The Mahars watched the surface of the water for the reappearance of their queen, and presently at one end of the tank her head rose slowly into view. I do not know. They are a noble-looking race, these cave men of Pellucidar, and if our progenitors were as they, the human race of the outer crust has deteriorated rather than improved with the march of the ages. Each ball-like house was surmounted by some manner of carven image, which Ja told me indicated the identity of the owner. "Even the Sagoths of the Mahars fear us. The queen fixed her gaze upon a plump young maiden. A Victorian scientist and his young American backer set off in their new earth-boring machine with a short test on a Welsh mountain. 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