104 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
two man-eating lions at great risk to your own life, 
thereby saving us from the fate of being devoured 
by these terrible monsters who nightly broke into 
our tents and took our fellow-workers from our side. 
In presenting you with this bowl, we all add our 
prayers for your long life, happiness and prosperity. 
We shall ever remain, Sir, Your grateful servants, 
Baboo PursHoTAM HurjJEE PuRMAR, 
Overscer and Clerk of Works, 
on behalf of your Workmen. 
Dated at Tsavo, January 30, 1899. 
Before I leave the subject of ‘the man-eaters of 
Tsavo,” it may be of interest to mention that these two 
lions possess the distinction, probably unique among 
wild animals, of having been specifically referred to 
in the House of Lords by the Prime Minister of the 
day. Speaking of the difficulties which had been 
encountered in the construction of the Uganda 
Railway, the late Lord Salisbury said :— 
“The whole of the works were put a stop to for 
three weeks because a party of man-eating lions 
appeared in the locality and conceived a most 
unfortunate taste for our porters. At last the 
labourers entirely declined to go on unless they were 
guarded by an iron entrenchment. Of course it is 
difficult to work a railway under these conditions, 
and until we found an enthusiastic sportsman to get 
rid of these lions, our enterprise was seriously 
hindered, 
