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THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO 



CHAP. 



The Wa Kikuyu have the reputation of being a 

 very cowardly and treacherous people, and they 

 have undoubtedly committed some very cruel deeds. 

 A friend of mine, Captain Haslem, with whom I 

 lived for a few months at Tsavo, was barbarously 



WA KIKUYU. 



murdered by some members of this tribe. He left 

 me to go up to the Kikuyu country in charge of 

 the transport, and as he was keenly interested in 

 finding out all about the tropical diseases from 

 which the animals suffered, he made it his custom 

 to dissect the bodies of those that died. The 

 superstitious Wa Kikuyu were fully convinced that 



