These Thanksgiving Ceremonies Being
Over, I Examined The Body And Found That Two
Bullets Had Taken Effect - One Close Behind The Left
Shoulder, Evidently Penetrating The Heart, And The
Other In The Off Hind Leg.
The prize was indeed
one to be proud of; his length from tip of
nose to tip of tail was nine feet eight inches,
he stood three feet nine inches high, and it took
eight men to carry him back to camp.
The only
blemish was that the skin was much scored by the
boma thorns through which he had so often forced
his way in carrying off his victims.
The news of the death of one of the notorious
man-eaters soon spread far and wide over the
country: telegrams of congratulation came pouring
in, and scores of people flocked from up and down
the railway to see the skin for themselves.
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.
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