12 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
the island and the mainland is here capable of 
giving commodious and safe anchorage to the very 
largest vessels, and as the jetty is directly connected 
with the Uganda Railway, Kilindini has now really 
become the principal port, being always used by 
the liners and heavier vessels. 
I had spent nearly a week in Mombasa, and was 
becoming very anxious to get my marching orders, 
when one morning I was delighted to receive an 
official letter instructing me to proceed to Tsavo, 
about one hundred and thirty-two miles from the 
coast, and to take charge of the construction of the 
section of the line at that place, which had just then 
been reached by railhead. 1 accordingly started at 
daylight next morning in a_ special train with 
Mr. Anderson, the Superintendent of Works, and 
Dr. McCulloch, the principal Medical Officer ; and 
as the country was in every way new to me, I found 
the journey a most interesting one. 
The island of Mombasa is separated from the 
mainland by the Strait of Macupa, and the railway 
crosses this by a bridge about three-quarters of a 
mile long, called the Salisbury Bridge, in honour of 
the great Minister for Foreign Affairs under whose 
direction the Uganda Railway scheme was under- 
taken. For twenty miles after reaching the main- 
land, our train wound steadily upwards through 
beautifully wooded, park-like country, and on 
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