The newcomer sank its teeth deep into Polulu’s flank while at the same time a claw of its hindleg tore a strip of the puma’s hide. Polulu turned upon his second assailant and gave him a blow with his great paw that loosened the brute’s hold and sent him rolling six feet away. But the jaguar was up in an instant and returned to the attack. At the same time the first jaguar, inspired to fresh efforts by the coming of its ally, redoubled the ferocity of its fighting.