number of night birds retreated into the denser woods with loud

cries at being so rudely disturbed. The huge beast did not stop

till he reached the bank, where lie switched his tail, raised his

proboscis, and sniffed the air uneasily, his height being fully

thirty feet and his length about fifty. On seeing the raft and

its occupants, he looked at them stupidly and threw back his

"He seems to be turning up his nose at us," said Bearwarden.

"All the same, he will do well for breakfast."