Endnotes

1. I have used the word “king” in describing the rulers or chiefs of the Bantoomian swarms, since the word itself is unpronounceable in English, nor does jed or jeddak of the red Martian tongue have quite the same meaning as the Bantoomian word, which has practically the same significance as the English word “queen” as applied to the leader of a swarm of bees. —⁠J. C. ↩

2. Soldier of Fortune; freelance warrior. ↩

3. Approximately 814 Earth Miles. ↩

4. Those who have read John Carter’s description of the Green Martians in A Princess of Mars will recall that these strange people could exist for considerable periods of time without food or water, and to a lesser degree is the same true of all Martians. ↩

5. About 8:30 p.m. Earth Time. ↩

6. About 1:00 a.m. Earth Time. ↩