“Well,” asked the professor, “what luck?”
“The body is exposed. Come out here,” said Frank, as he wound in the wire with which the shells were burst.
Dr. Vaneyke complied, and was well satisfied.
After a short survey, he said:
“We’ll soon have that skeleton. Wait here awhile, and you will see for yourself.”
Over an hour passed by.
Then a dismal howling began.
It was repeated from different quarters.
They soon saw wolves and foxes swarming from every direction toward the body of the mammoth.
A horrible scene followed.