The long line of savages advanced a few steps more, their spears poised above their heads, their
half-naked forms showing more distinctly as they peered forward through the grey gloom, savage and ferocious.
Meanwhile the miser crept out of the bush
half-naked and in a piteous plight, and began to ponder how he should take his revenge, and serve his late companion some trick.
Strong,
half-naked Indian paddlers were in charge of the canoes which were of sturdy construction and light draft, since the river, like most tropical streams, was of uncertain depths, choked here and there with sand bars or tropical growths.
But I saw only the raven hair of a
half-naked girl, and my heart stood still in dumb misery at the sight of her, nor had I any eyes for the wonders of natural history.
She was a
half-naked little savage--I, a gentleman, and an officer in the world's greatest navy.
Lake Thracymene, illumined by the evening sun, lay like flaming gold between the dark-blue mountain-ridges; here, where Hannibal defeated Flaminius, the rivers now held each other in their green embraces; lovely,
half-naked children tended a herd of black swine, beneath a group of fragrant laurel-trees, hard by the road-side.
He was a ragged,
half-naked Indian hunter, armed with bow and arrows, and had the carcass of a fine buck thrown across his shoulder.
On the 14th, a poor,
half-naked Snake Indian, one of that forlorn caste called the Shuckers, or Diggers, made his appearance at the camp.
He saw white-robed figures, and
half-naked blacks; but not once did he see one who resembled the stealer of the gems.
Tarzan did not like the appearance or manner of the fellow, who seemed, though friendly enough, to harbour a certain contempt for this
half-naked white man who came with no followers and offered no presents; but he needed the rest and food that the village would afford him with less effort than the jungle, and so, as he knew no fear of man, beast, or devil, he curled himself up in the shadow of a hut and was soon asleep.
Half-naked the lad drew himself to safety as the beast turned and leaped for him once more.
A small mob of
half-naked boys and girls came tearing out of the woods, scared and shrieking.