He turned his face upon his companions.

His eyes rolled faster than ever; but, although his lips appeared to move, and his tongue to wag, he was too excited to give utterance to a word.

A volley of clicks and hisses came forth, but nothing articulate! The others, however, did not require any words to tell them what was meant.

They knew that Swartboy intended to whisper that he had seen "da oliphant;" so both peeped silently around the bush, and with their own eyes looked upon the mighty quadruped..