30 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
I at once arranged to move my quarters, and went 
to join forces with Dr. Brock, who had just arrived 
at Tsavo to take medical charge of the district. 
We shared a hut of palm leaves and boughs, which 
we had constructed on the eastern side of the river, 
close to the old caravan route leading to Uganda ; 
“SWE SHARED A HUT OF PALM LEAVES AND BOUGHS.” 
and we had it surrounded by a circular doma, or 
thorn fence, about seventy yards in diameter, well 
made and thick and high. Our personal servants 
also lived within the enclosure, and a bright fire 
was always kept up throughout the night. For the 
sake of coolness, Brock and I used to sit out under 
the verandah of this hut in the evenings; but it was 
