. The world of the great forest; how animals, birds, reptiles, insects talk, think, work, and live . nd glanced in hisdirection. When he saw this, he said : 1 must hideunder water to allay the fear of the ngoas, and thendisappeared under the water for a while. But everytime his head reappeared, it was nearer to the bankthan before. His eyes and the top of his head abovethem was all that could be seen floating. He swamslowly toward the ngoas. These in the mean time were in the mud and enjoy-ing themselves, and did not notice the crocodile. Thechief of the ngoas stood ahead of his drove, digging
. The world of the great forest; how animals, birds, reptiles, insects talk, think, work, and live . nd glanced in hisdirection. When he saw this, he said : 1 must hideunder water to allay the fear of the ngoas, and thendisappeared under the water for a while. But everytime his head reappeared, it was nearer to the bankthan before. His eyes and the top of his head abovethem was all that could be seen floating. He swamslowly toward the ngoas. These in the mean time were in the mud and enjoy-ing themselves, and did not notice the crocodile. Thechief of the ngoas stood ahead of his drove, diggingup the mud with his nose. The crocodile made forhim as quick as an arrow; and, before the ngoa hadtime to become aware of his danger, he was in thepowerful jaws of his enemy. The poor ngoa gaveone shriek of pain. All the others fled in the utmostterror, each uttering cries of fear, and soon disappearedin the great forest. In the mean time, their poor chiefwas making a meal for the crocodile. In their flight the ngoas met another drove of theirkind, and shrieked to them in the language of the 214. All the others fled ni terror (iiul disappearedthe Great Forest THE NGANDOS, OR CROCODILES ngoas : Dont go to the lagoon, for our chief hasjust been eaten up by a ngando ! Then they putthemselves under the other chief, and rambled in theforest in search of food, taking good care never to gonear the lagoon. 2IS CHAPTER XXXIV THE OGATA, OR BURROW CROCODILE A BIG Ogata, over seven feet long, was lookingone day from the dark opening of his burrowbuilt on a declivity of a hill by a large river, watchingfor prey. The creature was ugly enough, and lookedsomewhat like his cousin the crocodile, and he is justas bad if not worse. The ogata is a night animal. From his dark hole, his hungry eyes peeredthrough the intense darkness; but no prey was insight. I have had a hard life lately, he said ; I have been hungry, for prey is scarce, and all theanimals of the forest are now afraid of this place,
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