Then, with a snarl, he turned to face us, crouching a little, like a beast at bay.
If he could fit himself into that crevice, perhaps he could keep the dragon at bay until help arrived.
Hereupon the expectant Joseph mounted, and seating himself upon the wall, beheld to his horror, Master Bill keeping a fierce bull-dog at bay with the butt end of his fishing-rod.
Escaping from the bushmen, they entered a forest country which teemed with antelope and also with lions, that night by night they must keep at bay as best they could.
At last, he came upon the bear at bay in deep snow, against a high cliff.
