Snorting with furious joy.

Hidden by rushes he yet drew near,

Behind the Canoeist, until on his ear

Those snortings fell, both full and clear.

Floating about the backwater shy,

Stronger and stronger the shindy stole,

Filling the startled Canoeist with fear;

And the jubilant jobating voice,

With menaces meaning and manifold,

Flowed forth on a "snorter" clear and bold