x COMPLETION OF THE TSAVO BRIDGE in 



over the country. The river started to rise rapidly, 

 soon flooding its banks and becoming a raging 

 murky torrent, tearing up trees by the roots and 

 whirling them along like straws. Steadily higher 

 and higher rose the flood, and standing on my 

 bridge, I watched expectantly for the two temporary 



TIffi COMPLETED TSAVO BRIDGE. 



trolley bridges which, it will be remembered, we 

 had built across the stream in order to bring stone 

 and sand to the main work to give way before the 

 ever-rising volume of water. Nor had I long to 

 w r ait ; for I soon caught sight of a solid mass of 

 palm stems and railway sleepers sweeping with 

 almost irresistible force round the bend of the river 



