Men, women, and children ran wildly about on every side.

Some of the savages even took to their boats as though a great danger were at hand.

What was happening?
William Guy and his companions were very soon informed.

The cause of the tumult was the appearance of an unknown animal, a terrible quadruped, which dashed into the midst of the islanders, snapping at and biting them indiscriminately, as it sprang at their throats with a hoarse growling.
And yet the infuriated animal was alone, and might easily have been killed by stones or arrows.

Why then did a crowd of savages manifest such abject terror?
Why did they take to flight?
Why did they appear incapable of defending themselves against this one beast?
The animal was white, and the sight of it had produced the phenomenon previously observed, that inexplicable terror of whiteness common to all the natives of Tsalal.
To their extreme surprise, William Guy and hie companions recognized the strange animal as the dog Tiger.
Yes! Tiger had escaped from the crumbling mass of the hill and betaken himself to the interior of the island, whence he had returned to Klock-Klock, to spread terror among the natives.