He rose again and staggered round and round, tearing pieces out of his arms with his teeth.

He yelled hideously like one possessed.
He grovelled, beating his forehead against the rock.

Then he sat up, slowly choked and--died.
His companions seemed to catch the infection of death as terrified savages often do.

They too performed dreadful antics, all except three of them who stood paralysed.

They rushed about battering each other with their fists and wooden weapons, looking like devils from hell in their hideous painted attire.