foliage-cushioned

Updated: June 5, 2025

We pushed on for half an hour over a dry, foliage-cushioned strip of ground that left no trace of the pursued. At the second wet spot we dashed forward eagerly and scanned the trail for signs of Baboo, but only the pads of the tiger marred the surface of the slime.

Rounsevelle Wildman - Tales of the Malayan Coast: From Penang to the Philippines