30 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 



I at once arranged to move my quarters, and went 

 to join forces with Dr. Brock, who had just arrived 

 at Tsavo to take medical charge of the district. 

 We shared a hut of palm leaves and boughs, which 

 we had constructed on the eastern side of the river, 

 close to the old caravan route leading to Uganda ; 



"\VE SHARED A HUT OF PAI.M LEAVES AND BOUGHS." 



and we had it surrounded by a circular boma, or 

 thorn fence, about seventy yards in diameter, well 

 made and thick and high. Our personal servants 

 also lived within the enclosure, and a bright fire 

 was always kept up throughout the night. For the 

 sake of coolness, Brock and I used to sit out under 

 the verandah of this hut in the evenings ; but it was 



