Both uttered it, as if to encourage one another in their approach; and they kept crawling on, waving their tails as they advanced.

When within a few feet of the fire, they stopped, and laid themselves almost flat along the ground-- yet evidently prepared to spring forward at any moment.

It was a terrible sight to look upon these fierce creatures as they lay.

The light of the great fire made every part of them fearfully apparent.
Their claws, their teeth, half uncovered, and even the bright irides of their shining eyes were seen distinctly.

But they looked not half so fearful as at first.