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  cave 
  in 
  tlie 
  rock 
  where 
  this 
  noxious 
  cannibal 
  beast 
  dwelt. 
  At 
  last 
  they 
  got 
  

   up 
  to 
  the 
  cave, 
  where 
  the 
  whole 
  band 
  quietly 
  arranged 
  themselves, 
  and 
  

   took 
  a 
  long 
  time 
  to 
  consider 
  how 
  to 
  act. 
  At 
  length 
  the 
  valiant, 
  fearless 
  

   men 
  arose 
  — 
  men 
  who 
  had 
  already 
  bound 
  monsters 
  fast 
  — 
  and, 
  seizing 
  the 
  

   ropes, 
  went 
  forward 
  into 
  the 
  cave. 
  There 
  they 
  saw 
  that 
  noxious 
  beast 
  

   sitting, 
  and 
  staring 
  full 
  at 
  them 
  ; 
  but, 
  oh 
  ! 
  such 
  fearful 
  eyes 
  ! 
  Who 
  can 
  

   describe 
  them 
  ? 
  In 
  appearance 
  like 
  the 
  full 
  moon 
  rising 
  up 
  over 
  the 
  

   distant 
  daik 
  mountain 
  range; 
  and 
  when 
  gazed 
  at 
  by 
  the 
  band, 
  those 
  

   hideous 
  eyes 
  glared 
  forth 
  upon 
  them 
  like 
  strong 
  daylight 
  suddenly 
  flashing 
  

   into 
  the 
  dark 
  recesses 
  of 
  the 
  forest. 
  And, 
  anon, 
  lo 
  ! 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  colour 
  

   as 
  if 
  clear 
  shining 
  greenstone 
  were 
  gleaming 
  and 
  scintillating 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  

   of 
  the 
  black 
  eye-balls 
  ! 
  But 
  that 
  was 
  really 
  all 
  that 
  gave 
  rise 
  to 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  fear, 
  because 
  the 
  creature's 
  spines 
  and 
  crest 
  of 
  living 
  spears 
  

   had 
  become 
  quite 
  flaccid 
  and 
  powerless, 
  through 
  the 
  potent 
  operations 
  of 
  

   the 
  many 
  weakening 
  spells 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  used 
  by 
  those 
  numerous 
  

   warriors, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  priests. 
  

  

  Then 
  they 
  managed 
  to 
  put 
  forth 
  their 
  hands 
  stealthily 
  over 
  its 
  huge 
  

   head, 
  gently 
  stroldug 
  it 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  At 
  length 
  the 
  rope 
  was 
  got 
  

   round 
  the 
  monster's 
  neck 
  and 
  made 
  secure 
  ; 
  another 
  rope 
  was 
  also 
  slided 
  

   further 
  on 
  below 
  its 
  fore-legs, 
  and 
  that 
  was 
  firmly 
  fixed 
  ; 
  twice 
  did 
  those 
  

   brave 
  men 
  carry 
  ropes 
  into 
  the 
  cave. 
  Having 
  done 
  all 
  this 
  they 
  came 
  out 
  

   to 
  their 
  friends, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  170 
  warriors 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  anxiously 
  waiting 
  

   their 
  return, 
  and 
  who, 
  when 
  they 
  saw 
  them 
  emerge, 
  enquired, 
  "Are 
  your 
  

   ropes 
  made 
  fast?" 
  They 
  replied, 
  "Yes; 
  the 
  rojpes 
  are 
  fastened 
  to 
  the 
  

   monster 
  ; 
  one 
  round 
  the 
  neck 
  and 
  one 
  round 
  the 
  middle." 
  Then 
  the 
  

   enquiry 
  arose, 
  " 
  How 
  shall 
  the 
  dragging 
  of 
  it 
  forth 
  from 
  its 
  cave, 
  and 
  its 
  

   destruction, 
  be 
  accomplished 
  ?" 
  When 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  chiefs 
  replied, 
  " 
  Let 
  us 
  

   carry 
  the 
  ropes 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  trees 
  which 
  grow 
  around, 
  so 
  that, 
  when 
  the 
  

   monster 
  begins 
  to 
  lash 
  and 
  bound 
  about, 
  we 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  better 
  able 
  to 
  

   make 
  them 
  fast 
  to 
  their 
  trunks." 
  Then 
  others 
  said, 
  " 
  All 
  that 
  is 
  very 
  

   good, 
  but 
  how 
  shall 
  we 
  manage 
  to 
  kill 
  it 
  ?" 
  Some 
  replied, 
  " 
  Why 
  should 
  

   we 
  trouble 
  ourselves 
  about 
  killing 
  it 
  ? 
  Is 
  it 
  not 
  so 
  fastened 
  with 
  ropes 
  that 
  it 
  

   cannot 
  get 
  away 
  ? 
  Just 
  leave 
  it 
  to 
  itself 
  ; 
  its 
  own 
  great 
  strength 
  will 
  cause 
  

   it 
  to 
  jump 
  violently 
  about, 
  and 
  jerk, 
  and 
  knock, 
  and 
  beat 
  itself 
  ; 
  after 
  that, 
  

   we 
  having 
  made 
  the 
  ropes 
  fast 
  to 
  the 
  trees, 
  the 
  destroyers 
  can 
  easily 
  run 
  in 
  

   on 
  it 
  and 
  kill 
  it 
  ; 
  or, 
  if 
  not, 
  let 
  us 
  just 
  leave 
  it 
  alone 
  to 
  strangle 
  itself 
  in 
  the 
  

   S:opeSi" 
  So 
  all 
  this 
  was 
  carried 
  out 
  by 
  those 
  170 
  brave 
  warriors. 
  

  

  Then 
  the 
  several 
  men 
  having 
  been 
  all 
  properly 
  placed, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  hold 
  and 
  

   handle 
  and 
  drag 
  the 
  ropes 
  effectually 
  ; 
  the 
  word 
  of 
  command 
  was 
  given, 
  

   " 
  Haul 
  away 
  !" 
  and 
  then 
  they 
  all 
  hauled 
  with 
  a 
  will 
  ! 
  But, 
  wonderful 
  to 
  

   behold, 
  entirely 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  cave 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  perpendicular 
  

  

  