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They had been driven upward until they reached the artificial shelf, and behind them hounds and hunters cut off all escape. "Apau! Aia oe a!" shouted the rear-guard as the boars took the trail. "Lo! Prepare to strike!" The three slayers gripped their clubs and braced their feet. I was above the chief, who was the last of the trio.
But even these dimensions cannot convey the feeling of alarm his presence gave me. His next leap brought him within forty feet of us. I recalled a score of accidents I had seen, read, and heard of; fishermen stabbed, boats rent, steel-clad ships pierced through and through. Red Chicken held the torch to observe him better, and shouted: "Apau! Look out! Paddle fast away!" I needed no urging.
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