A long time he lay, while the jackals sat howling.

Then he crept round the tree and the carcase.

Twice he crept round; then, as the smell of the meal was too much, he trotted up to the carcass and growled at his feast.

His back was toward me, and I fled." "And did you meet the white-eyed mother again ?" "The wisest among the people I have met," said Muata, gravely, "was a woman; and among the creatures of the forest, the wisest was a she-dog.

It is in my mind that the leader of the pack was umtaguati.
Ow aye, she was a wizard; and it is not well to make war against such." Venning looked at the chief with curiosity.