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on the work done. They were still in a very un- 
certain and sullen mood, however, and not at all 
to be relied upon, so it was with feelings of great 
relief that an hour later | made my way back, safe 
and sound, to Tsavo. 
The danger was not yet past, unfortunately, for 
scarcely had I turned my back to go home when 
the mutiny broke out again, another meeting being 
held, and a fresh plot made to murder me during 
the night. Of this I was soon informed by my 
time-keeper, who also told me that he was afraid to 
go out and call the roll, as they had threatened to 
kill him also. At this further outrage I lost no 
time in telegraphing for the Railway Police, and 
also to the District Officer, Mr. Whitehead, who 
immediately marched his men twenty-five miles by 
road to my assistance. I have no doubt, indeed, 
that his prompt action alone saved me from being 
attacked that very night. Two or three days after- 
wards the Railway Police arrived and arrested the 
ringleaders in the mutiny, who were taken to 
Mombasa and tried before Mr. Crawford, the British 
Consul, when the full details of the plots to murder me 
were unfolded by one of them who turned Queen’s 
evidence. All the scoundrels were found guilty and 
sentenced to various terms of imprisonment in the 
chain-gangs, and I was never again troubled with 
mutinous workmen. 
