He leaped futilely at the grinning ape-man, tore at the protruding end of the shaft, and then, springing into the trail, paced back and forth beneath his tormentor.
Tarzan dropped to the trail, ran quickly to the beast's side, and drove his spear deep into the fierce heart, then after recovering his arrows turned his attention to the mutilated remains of the animal's prey in the nearby thicket.
I had gone but a short distance further when what seemed to be an excellent
trail opened up around the face of a high cliff.
came down, or they struck the unbroken
trail or the rotten rim-ice
With a knife that hung at his side he cut several large pieces from the boar's body, and in the center of the
trail he built a fire, cooking and eating as much as he wanted.
Together the two rolled over in the
trail and a moment later the ape-man rose, and, with one foot upon the carcass of his kill, raised his voice in the victory cry of the bull ape.
They do not understand the
trail. They are like dead people they are so tired, but they say,
Bagheera swept on along the clearly-marked
trail, and Mowgli followed the steps of the Gond.
They swung out on the
trail with remarkable lack of exertion, turned their heads uneasily, and stopped in surprise.
Once again the two took up the
trail, but it was slow work now and there were many discouraging delays when the spoor seemed lost beyond recovery.
But while the earth was trodden, and the footsteps of both men and beasts were so plainly visible around the place, the
trail appeared to have suddenly ended.
After much searching, Captain Bonneville came upon a
trail which had evidently been made by his main party.