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THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO 



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into the Imperial British East Africa Company. In 

 1895 the Foreign Office took over control of the 

 Company's possessions, and a Protectorate was 

 proclaimed ; and ten years later the administration 

 of the country was transferred to the Colonial Office. 

 The last serious fighting on the island took place 



"KILINDIM is ... ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OK THE ISLAND." 



so recently as 1895-6, when a Swahili chief named 

 M'baruk bin Rashed, who had three times previously 

 risen in rebellion against the Sultan of Zanzibar, 

 attempted to defy the British and to throw off their 

 yoke. He was defeated on several occasions, how- 

 ever, and was finally forced to flee southwards into 

 German territory. Altogether, Mombasa has in 



