110 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
girder was run over its exact place, while still on 
the trucks in which it had been brought up from 
the coast. It was next “jacked” up from the 
trucks, which were hauled away empty, the 
temporary bridge was dismantled, and the girder 
finally lowered gently into position. When the last 
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‘SVERY SOON I HAD THE SATISFACTION OF SEEING THE FIRST TRAIN 
CROSS THE FINISHED WORK.” 
girder was thus successfully placed, no time was lost 
in linking up the permanent way, and very soon I 
had the satisfaction of seeing the first train cross the 
finished work. 
Curiously enough, only a day or so after the 
bridge had been completed and the intermediate 
cribs cleared away, a tremendous rain-storm broke 
