46 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
intervening country. Indeed, I found in the end 
that the only way of getting the material to the 
place where it was wanted was by laying down a 
tram line right along the ravine, throwing a 
temporary bridge across the Tsavo, following the 
stream down and re-crossing it again close to the 
site of the permanent bridge. Accordingly, I set 
men to work at once to 
cut down the jungle and 
prepare a road on which 
to lay the double trolley 
line. One morning when 
they were thus en 
gaged, 
alittle Aaa—a kind of very 
small antelope—sprang out 
aay Ee amid, Foundaitsele suddenly 
in the midst of a gang 
of coolies. Terrified and confused by the shouting 
of the men, it ran straight at Shere Shah, the 
jemadar, who promptly dropped a basket over it 
and held it fast. I happened to arrive just in time 
to save the graceful little animal’s life, and took it 
home to my camp, where it very soon became a 
great pet. Indeed, it grew so tame that it would 
jump upon my table at meal times and eat from my 
hand. 
When the road for the trolley line was cleared, 
the next piece of work was the building of the two 
