284 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP, 
two friends, Mr. Huebner and Mr. Parenti. When 
they reached Kimaa, which is about two hundred 
and fifty miles from Mombasa, they were told that 
the man-eater had been seen close to the station 
only a short time before their train -arrived, so 
they at once made up their minds to remain 
there for the night and endeavour to shoot him. 
Ryall’s carriage was accordingly detached from 
the train and shunted into a siding close to the 
station, where, owing to the unfinished state of 
the line, it did not stand perfectly level, but had 
a pronounced list to one side. In the afternoon 
the three friends went out to look for the lion, . 
but finding no traces of him whatever, they re- 
turned to the carriage for dinner. Afterwards 
they all sat up on guard for some time; but 
the only noticeable thing they saw was what 
they took to be two very bright and steady glow- 
worms. After events proved that these could have 
been nothing else than the eyes of the man-eater 
steadily watching them all the time and studying 
their every movement. The hour now growing late, 
and there being apparently no sign of the lion, 
Ryall persuaded his two friends to lie down, while 
he kept the first watch. Huebner occupied the high 
berth over the table on the one side of the carriage, 
the only other berth being on the opposite side of 
the compartment and lower down. This Ryall 
