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  • It is true that her ambitions were rather nebulous in form, consisting chiefly of a desire to escape with Geeka to some remote and unknown spot where there were no Sheiks, no Mabunus -- where el adrea could find no entrance, and where she might play all day surrounded only by flowers and birds and the harmless little monkeys playing in the tree tops.

    The Son of Tarzan 1915

  • They beat his body terribly when it was brought into the village; but el adrea did not mind.

    The Son of Tarzan 1915

  • Yesterday the hunters brought in the body of el adrea.

    The Son of Tarzan 1915

  • There, before them, directly in the middle of the path, stood Numa, el adrea, the black lion.

    The Return of Tarzan 1913

  • AS NUMA el adrea launched himself with widespread paws and bared fangs he looked to find this puny man as easy prey as the score who had gone down beneath him in the past.

    The Return of Tarzan 1913

  • When the girl had recited the story of the slaying of el adrea Tarzan was surrounded by a mob of worshiping Arabs -- it was a sure road to their admiration and respect.

    The Return of Tarzan 1913

  • Then the daughter of the desert witnessed a thing that terrified her even more than had the presence of el adrea.

    The Return of Tarzan 1913

  • "El adrea, the black lion, himself is not more so."

    The Return of Tarzan 1913

  • Twice more Tarzan fired in quick succession, and then el adrea lay still and roared no more.

    The Return of Tarzan 1913

  • Superb, majestic, his graceful tail extended and quivering, and his two eyes of fire riveted full upon his prey, stood Numa el adrea, the black lion.

    The Return of Tarzan 1913

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