Even the big black bear that Thor killed had not terrified him as these red-lipped, white-fanged strangers had frightened him.

So he remained in his crevice, crowded as far back as he could get, like a wad shoved in a gun-barrel.
He could still hear the tongueing of the dogs when other and nearer sounds alarmed him.

Langdon and Bruce came rushing around the bulge in the mountain wall, and at sight of the dead dogs they stopped.

Langdon cried out in horror.
He was not more than twenty feet from Muskwa.

For the first time the cub heard human voices; for the first time the sweaty odour of men filled his nostrils, and he scarcely breathed in his new fear.