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THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO 



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commenced to stalk them, taking advantage of every 

 fold of the ground in doing so and keeping about 

 fifty yards apart in case of a charge. In that event 

 one or other of us would be able to get in a broad- 

 side shot, which would probably roll the beast over. 

 Proceeding carefully in this manner, we managed to 



IT NEVER MOVED AGAIN. ' 



get within about sixty yards of them, and as it was 

 my turn for a shot, I took aim at the larger of the 

 two, just as it was moving its great head from one 

 side to the other, wondering which of us it ought to 

 attack. When at last it decided upon Brock, it 

 gave me the chance I had been waiting for. I fired 

 instantly at the hollow between neck and shoulder ; 

 the brute dropped at once, and save for one or two 



