210 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
were employed on the earth works, and who at once 
entered with great zest into the spirit of the scheme. 
After having partially surrounded the herd, the half- 
circle of coolies began to advance with wild shouts, 
whereupon the zebras galloped madly about from 
side to side, and then did just what we wished them 
to do—made straight for an exceptionally boggy 
part of the ground, where they soon became more 
or less helpless. We singled out a few young ones 
and succeeded in running them toan absolute stand- 
still, when we threw them down and sat on their 
heads until the other men came up with ropes. In 
this way we captured no less than six: they were 
very wild and fractious, giving us a great deal of 
trouble in getting them along, but eventually we 
managed to bring them in triumph to the camp, 
where they were firmly secured. The whole expe- 
dition lasted little more than a couple of hours. 
Three of the captured zebras | kept for myself, 
while the other three were given to the Surfacing 
Engineer, whose men had assisted in the hunt. 
Two of my three unfortunately died very shortly 
after ; but the third, a sturdy two-year-old, flourished 
splendidly. At first he was exceedingly vicious, 
biting and kicking everyone who approached him ; 
indeed, he once planted both his hind feet on my 
chest, but did me no serious damage beyond throw- 
ing me heavily to the ground. In time, however, 
