62 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
ments—one for the men and one for the lion. A 
sliding door at one end admitted the former, and 
once inside this compartment they were perfectly 
safe, as between them and the lion, if he entered 
the other, ran a cross wall of iron rails only three 
inches apart, and embedded both top and bottom in 
‘“THE DOOR WHICH WAS TO ADMIT THE LION.” 
heavy wooden sleepers. The door which was to 
admit the lion was, of course, at the opposite end of 
the structure, but otherwise the whole thing was very 
much on the principle of the ordinary rat-trap, 
except that it was not necessary for the lion to seize 
the bait in order to send the door clattering down. 
This part of the contrivance was arranged in the 
