She was busied about "house" affairs, when her attention was called off, by some singular noises that came from that direction.

She parted the branches and looked through.

A singular scene was before her eyes--a spectacle of no common kind.
A body of odd-looking animals, to the number of two hundred or more, was coming from the direction of the cliffs.

They were creatures of ungainly forms--in make and size not unlike large ill-shaped dogs--and of a greenish brown colour.

Their faces and ears only were black, and these were naked, while their bodies were covered with harsh coarse hair.