They advanced more rapidly and easily along the bank of the river than in the forest . From time to time they came upon the traces of animals of a large size who had come to quench their thirst at the stream , but none were actually seen , and it was evidently not in this part of the forest that the peccary had received the bullet which had cost Pencroft a grinder .
Они продвигались быстрее и легче по берегу реки, чем по лесу. Время от времени они натыкались на следы крупных животных, пришедших утолить жажду у ручья, но на самом деле их не было видно, и, очевидно, не в этой части леса пекари получил пулю, которая стоила Пенкрофу мясорубки.