"Why not?" asked Che.
"There are such things in the jungle?" inquired the young man.
"Of course," said Kangrey.
"And this city of Lodidhapura?" demanded King. "I have never heard of it before. Is that close beside the jungle?"
"It is in the jungle," said Che.
King shook his head. "It is strange," he said. "I wandered through the jungle for days and never saw signs of a human being or a human habitation."
"There are many things in the jungle which men do not always see," replied Che. "There are the Nagas and the Yeacks. You may be glad that you did not see them."
"What are the Nagas and the Yeacks?" asked King.
"The Nagas are the Cobra people," replied Che. "They live in a great palace upon a mountain and are very powerful. They have seven heads and can change themselves into any form of creature that they desire. They are workers of magic. It is said that Lodivarman's principal wife is the queen of the Nagas and that she changed herself into the form of a beautiful woman that she might rule directly over the mortals as well as the gods. But I do not believe that, because no one, not even a Naga, would choose to be the queen of a leper. But the Yeacks are most to be feared because they do not live far away upon a mountain-top, but are everywhere in the jungle."
"What are they like?" asked King.