Sentence:  All round him the long <WSD>scar</WSD> smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat. He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another. “Hi!” it said. “Wait a minute!” The undergrowth at the side of the <WSD>scar</WSD> was shaken and a multitude of raindrops fell pattering. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A cliff or rock outcrop.