136 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
rivers and proceeded some way down the Sabaki, 
beside which the Tsavo looks very insignificant. 
Several islands are dotted about in mid-stream 
and are overgrown with tall reeds and_ rushes, 
in which hippo find capital covert all the year 
**THE BANKS OF THE SABAKI ARE LINED WITH TREES.” 
round. As with the Tsavo, the banks of the 
Sabaki are lined with trees of various’ kinds, 
affording most welcome shade from the heat of 
the sun: and skirting the river is a caravan road 
from the interior—still used, I believe, for smug- 
eling slaves and ivory to the coast, where dhows 
are in readiness to convey them to Persia or Arabia. 
