a wonderful task lies upon you . ' A second negro came out of the fort , and seeing what had been done , went back and told his chief . Others wished to be doubled , and went out , and of every one the Scorpion of Solomon made two . Then Taram-taq sent for a giant negro named Chil-maq , who in the day of battle was worth three hundred , and said to him : ' I shall thank you to fetch me that man . ' Chil-maq went out , tall as a tower , and bearing a shield of eight millstones , and as he walked he shouted : ` Ho ! blunder-head ! by what right do you come to our country and kill our people ? Come ! make two of me . ' As the prince was despicable in his eyes , he tossed aside his club and rushed to grip him with his hands . He caught him by the collar , tucked him under his arm and set off with him to Taram-taq . But the prince drew the dagger of Timus and thrust it upwards through the giant 's armpit , for its full length . This made Chil-maq drop him and try to pick up his club ; but when he stooped the mighty sword shore him through at the waist . When news of his champion 's death reached Taram-taq he put himself at the head of an army of his negroes and led them forth . Many fell before the magic sword , and the prince laboured on in spite of weakness and fatigue till he was almost worn out . In a moment of respite from attack he struck his fire-steel and burned a hair of the king-lion ; and he had just succeeded in this when the negroes charged again and all but took him prisoner . Suddenly from behind the distant veil of the desert appeared an army of lions led by their king . ` What brings these scourges of heaven here ? ' cried the negroes . They came roaring up , and put fresh life into the prince .
He fought on , and when he XXXXX on a belt the wearer fell in two , and when on a head he cleft to the waist .
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