46 THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO CHAP. 



intervening country. Indeed, I found in the end 

 that the only way of getting the material to the 

 place where it was wanted was by laying down a 

 tram line right along the ravine, throwing a 

 temporary bridge across the Tsavo, following the 

 stream down and re-crossing it again close to the 

 site of the permanent bridge. Accordingly, I set 



men to work at once to 

 cut down the jungle and 

 prepare a road on which 

 to lay the double trolley 

 line. One morning when 

 they were thus engaged, 

 a little paa a kind of very 

 small antelope sprang out 



" IT VERY SOON BECAME A GREAT i r i ir 111 



PET _" and round itself suddenly 



in the midst of a gang 



of coolies. Terrified and confused by the shouting 

 of the men, it ran straight at Shere Shah, the 

 jemadar, who promptly dropped a basket over it 

 and held it fast. I happened to arrive just in time 

 to save the graceful little animal's life, and took it 

 home to my camp, where it very soon became a 

 great pet. indeed, it grew so tame that it would 

 jump upon my table at meal times and eat from my 

 hand. 



When the road for the trolley line was cleared, 

 the next piece of work was the building of the two 



