. The world of the great forest : how animals, birds, reptiles, insects talk, think, work and live . looked fierce andugly. His intensely black face was furrowed withdeep wrinkles. Under his overhanging brows, hisgray, vindictive eyes seemed to flash hate and neck was so short that his head appeared set onhis huge broad shoulders, — a sign of his herculeanstrength. His chest was so broad that two humanbeings side by side standing behind him could nothave been seen. His belly protruded, his arms wereof immense strength, and his body was supported byshort, flexible muscular legs wit
. The world of the great forest : how animals, birds, reptiles, insects talk, think, work and live . looked fierce andugly. His intensely black face was furrowed withdeep wrinkles. Under his overhanging brows, hisgray, vindictive eyes seemed to flash hate and neck was so short that his head appeared set onhis huge broad shoulders, — a sign of his herculeanstrength. His chest was so broad that two humanbeings side by side standing behind him could nothave been seen. His belly protruded, his arms wereof immense strength, and his body was supported byshort, flexible muscular legs without calves. Looking down finally at his feet, he exclaimed,With these I can clutch. What a big foot hehad ! Then he stretched his long muscular arms andlooked at the palms of his hands, which were as hardas horn, then at his callous fingers and at his black nails,and muttered, When I strike with these, I kill. Ibreak the ribs of creatures, or I kill them outright,and when my hands hold something, nothing is power-fiil enough to take it away from my clutches; * and 124. THE NGINAS AND NJOKOOS. ^l -o- ■> c^^i^ he grinned and looked more horrid and repulsive thanbefore. Then he beat his chest with his great fist. The THE WORLD OF THE GREAT FOREST sound was like that of a huge partly muffled drum,for his chest was as hard as wood. To try hisimmense strength, he went to a tree several inchesin diameter near him, seizing it with bothhands and feet broke it in two as if it had been ayoung sapling. He was delighted when he saw howstrong he was, and gave a chuckle of satisfaction, ahorrid one peculiar to the nginas. Looking round, he saw a big thigh-bone of a verylarge antelope, which had been devoured by a picked it up and crushed it into splinters betweenhis jaws, which have more power than those of a he gave another chuckle of satisfaction, for hesaw how hard he could bite an enemy. Then he yelled. These yells sounded somewhatlike the barking of a
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