CHAPTER IX 



THE DEATH OF THE SECOND MAN-EATER 



IT must not be imagined that with the death of 

 this lion our troubles at Tsavo were at an end ; his 

 companion was still at large, and very soon began 

 to make us unpleasantly aware of the fact. Only a 

 few nights elapsed before he made an attempt to 

 get at the Permanent Way Inspector, climbing up 

 the steps of his bungalow and prowling round the 

 verandah. The Inspector, hearing the noise and 

 thinking it was a drunken coolie, shouted angrily 

 " Go away ! " but, fortunately for him, did not 

 attempt to come out or to open the door. Thus 

 disappointed in his attempt to obtain a meal of 

 human flesh, the lion seized a couple of the In- 

 spector's goats and devoured them there and then. 



On hearing of this occurrence, I determined to 

 sit up the next night near the Inspector's bungalow. 

 Fortunately there was a vacant iron shanty close at 

 hand, with a convenient loophole in it for firing 



