"Wherefore does the crocodile-slayer delay? Surely he knows the body will sink in the river if it reach the water." "The smoke! He fires!" "The cow is down! To the boats children to the boats!" Men and boys made a rush, and, out of a tremendous uproar of splashing and shouting, half a dozen canoes were flying at full speed for the cow's meat, altogether indifferent to the future proceedings.