They did well to hasten, for at a turn of the path near a clearing they saw the lad thrown on the ground and in the grasp of a savage being, apparently a gigantic ape, who was about to do him some great harm.
Hicieron bien en apresurarse, porque al volver el recodo del sendero, cerca de un claro, vieron al joven derribado por un ser salvaje, sin duda un gigantesco mono, que trataba sin duda de jugarle una pasada.