80 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
and the brute quickly disappeared into the darkness 
with his prey. It was, of course, this unfortunate 
man whom I had heard the lions devouring during 
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ABDULLAH AND HIS TWO WIVES. 
the night. Whitehead himself had a marvellous 
escape ; his wounds were happily not very deep, and 
caused him little or no inconvenience afterwards. 
On the same day, December 3, the forces arrayed 
