He ran at once to the thick bushes, barked angrily, and then followed the scent round and round the fire at the distance of about twenty yards, ending by dashing right off into the forest depths, his bark growing fainter as we listened.
"I say, ought we to follow Gyp ?" said Jack Penny.
"If we wish to lose our lives," replied the doctor.

"You see, Joe, it has gone right off." "But I don't like Gyp to go off after anything and not follow him," cried Jack Penny.

"He's a good dog, you know.

What is it he's after ?" "Some savage beast that has been haunting us all night," cried the doctor.

"I should like to follow Gyp, but it would be madness, my lads, and--hark, what's that ?" I felt cold as a most unearthly howl came from a long distance away.
"Is--is that him ?" said Jack, whose eyes looked round and large.
"Dat big bunyip," said a voice that made us start, for Jimmy had come up from the dark camp unperceived.