"Perhaps he's gone to call up the others.

Will he come back, Muata ?" "Not he," said Mr.Hume.

"He's just about as frightened as we were.
What are the signs, Muata ?" "Wow! Bad--bad signs.

These be the bones of men;" and he turned over the ashes with his foot.

"They were few who made a home here, and the man-eaters marked them for their own.