Had she been on land and armed with her staff, it would not have dared even to show itself; for, like all savage creatures, the reptile has a marvellous instinct, which warns it against the bearer of the vril wand.

How they teach their young to avoid him, though seen for the first time, is one of those mysteries which you may ask Zee to explain, for I cannot.

The reptile in this instinct does but resemble our wild birds and animals, which will not come in reach of a man armed with a gun.

When the electric wires were first put up, partridges struck against them in their flight, and fell down wounded.
No younger generations of partridges meet with a similar accident.

So long as I stand here, the monster will not stir from its lurking-place; but we must now decoy it forth." "Will that not be difficult ?" "Not at all.