They came on with a growling kind of noise, and mounted the piece of timber, which, as I said, was our breastwork, as if they were only rushing upon their prey; and this fury of theirs, it seems, was principally occasioned by their seeing our horses behind us.
Con una specie di ruggito saltarono sul pancone che era, come dissi, il nostro parapetto, quasi già sicuri d’aver trovata la loro pastura; e l’avidità dei malandrini parea soprattutto stimolata dalla vista dei cavalli cui facevamo ala.