240 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 
The Wa Kikuyu have the reputation of being a 
very cowardly and treacherous people, and they 
have undoubtedly committed some very cruel deeds. 
A friend of mine, Captain Haslem, with whom [| 
lived*for a few months at Tsavo, was barbarously 
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murdered by some members of this tribe. He left 
me to go up to the Kikuyu country in charge of 
the transport, and as he was keenly interested in 
finding out all about the tropical diseases from 
which the animals suffered, he made it his custom 
to dissect the bodies of those that died. The 
superstitious Wa Kikuyu were fully convinced that 
