1 APPEARANCE OF THE MAN-EATERS 25 
ceased, and quiet reigned for an hour or two, as 
lions always stalk their prey in complete silence. 
All at once, however, we heard a great uproar and 
frenzied cries coming from another camp about half 
a mile away; we knew then that the lions had 
seized a victim there, and that we should see or 
hear nothing further of them that night. 
Next morning [ found that one of the brutes had 
broken intoa tent at Railhead Camp—whence we had 
heard the commotion during the night—and had made 
off with a poor wretch who was lying there asleep. 
After a night's rest, therefore, | took up my position 
in a suitable tree near this tent. I did notatall like 
the idea of walking the half-mile to the place after 
dark, but all the same I felt fairly safe, as one of my 
men carried a bright lamp close behind me. He in 
his turn was followed by another leading a goat, which 
I tied under my tree in the hope that the lion might be 
tempted to seize it instead of a coolie. A steady 
drizzle commenced shortly after I had settled down 
to my night of watching, and I was soon thoroughly 
chilled and wet. I stuck to my uncomfortable post, 
however, hoping to get a shot, but [ well remember 
the feeling of impotent disappointment I experi- 
enced when about midnight I heard screams and 
cries and a heartrending shriek, which told me that 
the man-eaters had again eluded me and had claimed 
another victim elsewhere. | 
