### 343

Speedily you draw and fire your Arrow, sending it thudding into the chest of the sniper before he can reload his deadly blowpipe. The man tumbles out of the branches to land heavily upon the exposed roots of the tree. You hurry to his lifeless body and discover, to your disappointment, that his blowpipe is broken and his poisoned darts are somewhere in among the boughs above. After you have hidden his body in the undergrowth, you move deeper into the jungle, guided and drawn by the strange noise.

Turn to 51.