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THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO 



CHAP. 



clination to explore the gloomy depths of the 

 interior, but thinking that there might possibly still 

 be a lioness or cub inside, I fired a shot or two into 

 the cavern through a hole in the roof. Save for a 

 swarm of bats, nothing came out ; and after taking 

 a photograph of the cave, I gladly left the horrible 



"BEYOND ALL DOUBT, THE MAN-EATERS' DEN !" 



spot, thankful that the savage and insatiable brutes 

 which once inhabited it were no longer at large. 



Retracing my steps to the main ravine, I continued 

 my journey along it. After a little while I fancied 

 I saw a hippo among some tall rushes growing on 

 the bank, and quickly signed to Mahina and Moota 

 to stay perfectly still. I then made a careful stalk, 

 only to discover, after all my trouble, that my eyes 



