"There, never mind now.

They're all ready to start.

Come on!" Jack Penny shook his head rather thoughtfully, and then, in a dissatisfied dreamy way, he walked on with me, shouldering his gun, and stooping more than ever, so that it seemed as if he were looking for something which he could not find.
We had to pass pretty close to the crocodile, so close that Jack nearly stumbled over it, and a cry of horror involuntarily escaped him as he jumped aside.
Then, turning scarlet with annoyance, he gave the monster a kick, and darted back holding his nose, for it was exhaling a most offensive musky odour.
I looked at the creature closely and with some curiosity, thinking the while how much smaller it was than those we had seen in the lagoon.

All the same, though, it was fully as big in body as a man, though double the length.
It was not going to poison the air long, for already it was covered with something red, and a long red line extended from it right away into the jungle.

Each tiny red object was an ant, and from experience I knew that very soon every particle of flesh would be devoured.
Keeping within easy reach of the river we journeyed steadily on, finding the country grow more beautiful at every step.