It approached through the forest but it stopped at the point where the dead body of the black giant lay.

He knew that it was the voice of the mate.
He listened a long time, but he did not hear it again, and he concluded that the second jaguar, after the brief mourning of animals, had gone away.

He fell asleep again, and did not awaken until day.
They were now practically unarmed, but they kept the pistols, for the sake of show in case any peons of the jungle should offer trouble, and pressed forward, with all the speed possible in so dense a tangle of forest.

In the deep shade of trees and bushes Ned continually saw the shadows of immense black jaguars.

He knew that it was only nerves and imagination, but he did not like to be in a condition that enabled fancy to play him such tricks.