Fearless Master of the Jungle (A Bunduki Jungle Adventure (33 page)

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No one knows who among the Seminoles was first to discover
the methods by which an alligator could be captured alive by a
single strong man. However, even to this day, members of that
nation perform the feat.

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History does not record who first discovered that
massaging the collection of nerve centers under the alligator’s
throat and along the chest and belly could induce a state of
trance. However, a similar knowledge with regard to crocodiles was
possessed in Africa and India since long before the birth of
Christ. The author cannot guess why the ‘Suppliers’ had not
imparted the knowledge to the Telongas.

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The record was two hundred and fifty-eight feet, two
and
three-eighths inches. The longest measured unofficial throw
was two
hundred and eighty-three feet, by Arep Kibiege of Kenya in
1948.
However, possibly for the reasons quoted in Paragraph
One,
APPENDIX TWO
, the international athletic authorities refused on a
technicality to consider Dawn Drummond-Clayton’s—as she was
at
the
time—throw as the women s record.

lxx
Deputy Sheriff Bradford Counter employs the method
adopted by Dawn
Gunn in the author’s biographical work,
THE
SIXTEEN DOLLAR SHOOTER,
but used another
technique in
BAD HOMBRE.

lxxi
Unlike on Earth, for some reason Bunduki had not been
able
to
determine, the elephants of Zillikian lived in patriarchal and
not
matriarchal family groups.

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For the benefit of new readers, see
APPENDIX ONE
, for an explanation of the
term,
melombuki.

lxxiii
Lai-jitsu:
the fast drawing of the longer,
tachi,
of the
samu
rai’s daisho,
pair of swords. An explanation of how this is
per
formed
and how effective it can be in skilled hands is given in the
author’s
biography
OLE DEVIL AT SAN JACINTO.

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The Sikhs of India use much the same kind of device.
Known
as
a
‘chakra’
or
‘chakram’,
the war-quoits were carried in decreas
ing sizes over the pointed peak
of the warriors’ turban-helmets. They were lethal to about fifty
yards, but would still inflict damage at twice that distance. In
skilled hands, the Cara-Buntes’
halakas
were equally effective.

lxxv
Although it had been several centuries since there had been
any contact between the Wurka-Telongas and the Cara-Buntes,
the legends still
were told about the latter. The formers hunters
occasionally had seen
Cara-Bunte vessels of various kinds passing by in search of a way
to reach the hinterland.

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Sir Armond John Drummond-Clayton s definitive work,
KNIFE
FIGHTING THROUGHOUT
THE WORLD,
like an equally comprehensive treatise on unarmed combat
techniques written by
Commander James Bond, R.N.—its preparation is
referred to in his
biographer, Ian Fleming’s
DOCTOR NO—
were published by Her Majesty’s Stationery
Office, However, being classified ‘Top Secret’,
the only copies of both works
are in the possession of Britain’s M.I.5
and the United States of America’s
Central Intelligence Agency.

lxxvii
Because of his own country’s and Britain’s
Official Secrets Act,
W.D. Randall, of Randall Made Knives, Orlando,
Florida, has never been able to give Sir Armond John
Drummond-Clayton the credit he deserves for his part in helping to
develop the Model I ‘All Purpose’ fighting knife. In fact, it was
only with difficulty that the author was allowed to mention it.
See
Appendix
One.

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Judge Roy. S. Tinney, Secretary of the American
Academy of Arms.

lxxix
If Sir Henry Curtis’s biographer, H. Rider Haggard, knew of
the son, he was too tactful to mention the matter in
KING
SOLO
MON’S
MINES
or
ALLAN QUATERMAIN.

lxxx
Mark Counter’s history is recorded in the authors ‘Floating
Outfit’ series of biographies.

lxxxi
Even to this day, British Military Intelligence is
reluctant to comment upon, or even acknowledge the existence
of ‘Group
Thirteen’.

lxxxii
‘Clip’ point: one where the back of the blade
curves to meet
the main cutting surface in a concave arc. In the case of
the
Randall
Model 12 ‘Smithsonian bowie knife, the arcs ‘false’, or
‘top’
cutting edge is five and a quarter inches in length and as
sharp as the main cutting surface.

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What happened to James Bowie’s knife after his
death at the
conclusion of the siege at the Alamo Mission—San Antonio
de
Bexar,
Texas-on March 6, 1836, is told in
THE QUEST FOR
BOWIE’S BLADE.
Some authorities have claimed
that Bowie’s
elder brother, Rezin Pleasant, was the actual designer of
the knife
which was made by Arkansas’ master cutler, James
Black.

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Melombuki:
a Masai
moran—
warrior—who has on four sepa
rate occasions grasped and held the tail
of a hunted lion so that his companions could close in and kill it
with their spears or simis—fighting knives. A man who attains the
title is expected to be ready to fight anybody, or
anything.

lxxxv
Details of Bradford Counter’s career as a deputy sheriff
are given in the authors ‘Rockabye County’ series of treatises on
modern Texas law enforcement.

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Generally a saber is used for slashing when
mounted, while an epee’s primary purpose is thrusting and fighting
on foot.

lxxxvii
Although Sir Armond John and Lady Hazel
Drummond-
Clayton served in ‘Group Thirteen’ with Miss A.P. (Amelia)
Benkinsop, M.A., B. Sc. (Oxon), Honorary Member, Holloway Old
Girls’
Association—some details of whose career are recorded in
the au
thor’s
BLONDE GENIUS,
written in collaboration with Peter
Clawson—their
family background did not meet the specialized
qualifications for Dawn to be
allowed to attend Benkinsop’s Acad
emy For The Daughters Of
Gentlefolk.

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Details of Clark Savage, Jr.’s
life and adventures are recorded
in Kenneth Robeson s extensive series of
‘DOC SAVAGE’ biogra
phies and in
DOC SAVAGE, HIS APOCALYPTIC LIFE
by Philip Jose
Farmer. This latter work also elaborates upon the source of the
longevity pills.

lxxxix
Unfortunately Doc Savage was unable to isolate the
immunity element so that it could be reproduced without the added
ef
fect of
increasing the recipient’s life expectancy. The latter
factor,
taken with the human race’s ever multiplying birthrate,
would have led to Earth becoming over-populated. So it was
decided
that
the pills were unsuitable for general use and they were
never
released to the public.