"Apparently," said Graham, "the angry growling that we heard was nothing more than the sounds of an empty stomach.

Then, though with slowness, it fell away to a low, continuous growling, and in it there was that which I can only describe as an insistent, hungry snarl.

Now from the brig I heard them hallooing, and the trees had become like live things, and there was a vast growling in the air, and hideous trumpetings.

Whether the savage actually meditated any such act of treachery, was not known; but if he approached the hut with a murderous purpose, he was probably deterred more by the fierce growlings of Fingalwho lay at the entrance, but scarcely slept that nightthan by the barrier of boughs and deerskin.

III The Thing That Made Search Now at times, I fell upon sleep, as did most of the others; but, for the most part, I lay half sleeping and half wakingbeing unable to attain to true sleep by reason of the everlasting growling above us in the night, and the fear which it bred in me.

"I had, by reason of usage, come to ability to sleep despite of the fearsome growling; for I had conceived its cause to be the mutter of spirits in the night, and had not allowed myself to be unnecessarily frightened with doleful thoughts; for my lover had assured me of our safety, and that we should yet come to our home.

Haines swore as he followed, and his continual growling got upon my nerves.

and a human elbow was seen jerking and pounding; and again impatient growling in bear-like tones was the response.

Thus, after a weariful time, away Eastwards the sky began to tell of the coming of the day; and, as the light grew and strengthened, so did that insatiable growling pass hence with the dark and the shadows.

Were this, sir, the only annoyance to which I am subjected, my wrath would probably expend itself in a little growling, but hardly have I reposed myself upon my couch, ere my ear catches an infernal tooting and twanging and whispering, and a broken-winded German band, engaged by an admirer of my REBECCA, strikes up some outrageous pot pourri, or something of that sort, and sleep, disgusted, flees my pillow.

The dam, perfidious thing, Precipitated his muddy Legions, With loud growlings.

He had just finished firmly lashing together the handles on one side when he heard an ominous growling.

As a watch he is excellent, quick to detect a strange footstep, valiant to defend the threshold, and to challenge with deep voice any intruder, yet sensibly discerning his master's friends, and not annoying them with prolonged growling and grumbling as many terriers do when a stranger is admitted.

Surely such notes are much better than the querulous growlings of suspicious Whigs and discontented Republicans.

Then ensued a great buzzing and stirring, much angry growling on the part of the disturbed men, and shrill calling of women for their errant children.

Now and again there was a spurtle of smoke from the cone, followed by subterranean growlings, but, on the whole, the conditions were reassuring.

And now a more extraordinary thing happened; for, as the night fell with swift gloom, the strange wailing and crying was hushed, and another sound stole out upon the landa far, sullen growling.

He could see the long arms of the search-lights stretching across the sky, hear the tremendous explosions of the Zeppelin bombs over the city, and the distant growlings of the forts in the aerial fight.