They seem to watch and whisper and wait, and the news of our coming has been carried right away for miles.

Shouldn't wonder if the trees were to close in and shut us up." "Oh, come, now; that's a bit too fanciful." They shifted their loads to relieve aching shoulders, and kept on through the unending avenues in another long spell of silence.
"Reminds me of the reeds again," said Compton; "only this is worse." "By Jenkins! just imagine the blaze and the scorch if this forest caught afire like your reeds." "Couldn't--too damp.

We've been tramping for two hours, and I have not seen a bird, or an animal, or a reptile; nothing but snails and ants.

Don't see where the game comes in." "We're not after game; we're after cannibals." "By Jove! yes, I suppose we are--that is, if they are cannibals.

I thought the species had died out." "It will be a long time before cannibalism dies out," said Mr.Hume, who was bringing up the rear, "particularly in those parts where the people find a difficulty in getting flesh-food; but, at the same time, scarcity of flesh-food does not always turn a tribe to cannibalism.