"I do," said Lajo. "Very well, then," said Tarzan. He turned to Dorf, "Lieutenant, will you take him now?" he asked. Dorf approached with a bundle in his hand. "Slip into this," he said. "What is it?" asked Lajo. "It is a parachute," said Dorf. "What is that?" demanded Lajo. "Here," said Dorf, "put your arms through here." A moment later he had the parachute adjusted upon the Korsar. "Now," said Jason, "a great distinction is going to be conferred upon you--you are going to make the first parachute jump that has ever been witnessed in Pellucidar." "I don't understand what you mean," said Lajo. "You will presently," said Jason. "You are going to take Lord Greystoke's message to The Cid." "But you will have to bring the ship down to the ground before I can," objected Lajo. "On the contrary we are going to stay right where we are," said Jason; "you are going to jump overboard." "What?" exclaimed Lajo. "You are going to kill me?" "No," said Jason with a laugh. "Listen carefully to what I tell you and you will land safely. You have seen some wonderful things on board this ship so you must have some conception of what we of the outer world can do. Now you are going to have a demonstration of another very wonderful invention and you may take my word for it that no harm will befall you if you do precisely as I tell you to. Here is an iron ring," and he touched the ring opposite Lajo's left breast; "take hold of it with your right hand. After you jump from the ship, pull it; give it a good jerk and you will float down to the ground as lightly as a feather." "I will be killed," objected Lajo. "If you are a coward," said Jason, "perhaps one of these other men is braver than you. I tell you that you will not be hurt." "I am not afraid," said Lajo. "I will jump." "Tell The Cid," said Tarzan, "that if we do not presently see a ship sail out alone to meet the fleet, we shall start dropping bombs upon the city." Dorf led Lajo to a door in the cabin and flung it open. The man hesitated. "Do not forget to jerk the ring," said Dorf, and at the same time he gave Lajo a violent push that sent him headlong through the doorway and a moment later the watchers in the cabin saw the white folds of the parachute streaming in the air. They saw it open and they knew that the message of Tarzan would be delivered to The Cid. What went on in the city below we may not know, but presently a great crowd was seen to move from the palace down toward the river, where the ships were anchored, and a little later one of the ships weighed anchor and as it drifted slowly with the current its sails were set and presently it was moving directly out to sea toward the fleet from Sari. The O-220 followed above it and Ja's flagship moved forward to meet it, and thus David Innes, Emperor of Pellucidar, was returned to his people.