64 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
When the trap was ready I pitched a tent over it 
in order further to deceive the lions, and built an 
exceedingly strong éoma round it. One small 
entrance was made at the back of the enclosure for 
the men, which they were to close on going in by, 
pulling a bush after them; and another entrance 
““WHEN THE TRAP WAS READY, I PITCHED A TENT OVER Gee 
just in front of the door of the cage was left open 
for the lions. The wiseacres to whom I showed 
my invention were generally of the opinion that the 
man-eaters would be too cunning to walk into my 
parlour; but, as will be seen later, their predictions 
proved false. For the first few nights I baited the 
trap myself, but nothing happened except that I had 
