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end had come, added his cries to the j^eneral 

 uproar which made the jungle ring for miles 

 around. The coolie who was lying on the other 

 side of the victim felt his comrade's body being 

 drawn across him, and tried to save him by seizing 

 an ankle, to which he held on until he was forced 

 to relinquish his hold when the brute leaped over 

 the side with his prey. 



The platelayer told me that it was heartrending 

 to hear the man's cries as he was draofsred from 

 the truck and through the jungle ; nor did they 

 cease until the crunching of his bones and the loud 

 purring of the horrible brute, which could plainly be 

 heard by the terrified men, proclaimed that at last 

 his sufferings were at an end. 



I may mention that the engineer who had such a 

 lucky escape on this occasion did not long survive, 

 as he succumbed to his fever a short time afterwards 

 in Mombasa Hospital, where Dr. Wynstone- Waters 

 and myself visited him and did our best to cheer him 

 up a couple of hours before he died. Ogilvy was 

 one of the best engineers on the railway and a right 

 good fellow. 



While I am on the subject of the Man-Eaters, I 

 may perhaps put on record two other incidents 

 connected with them which are of interest. 



On one occasion some workmen of mine had a 



