قراءة كتاب The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures

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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures

The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures

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sleepers"                  77
  Whitehead on a Trolley at the exact spot where the Lion
    jumped upon him                                                   79
  Abdullah and his two Wives                                          80
  A party of Wa Jamousi                                               83
  "His length from tip of nose to tip of tail was nine feet
    eight inches"                                                     92
  Head of the first Man-Eater                                         93
  "The following evening I took up my position in this same tree"    100
  "He measured nine feet six inches from tip of nose to
    tip of tail, and stood three feet eleven and
    a half inches high"                                              103
  "The bridge over the Tsavo rapidly neared completion"              108
  "The heavy stones were swung into position"                        109
  "The girder was run over its exact place"                          110
  "And finally lowered gently into position"                         111
  "Very soon I had the satisfaction of seeing the first train
    cross the finished work"                                         112
  The completed Tsavo bridge                                         113
  One of the Trolley Lines after the Flood                           114
  Swahili Caravan Porters                                            120
  "Such was my cook, Mabruki"                                        122
  The women ... wear a long, brightly-coloured cloth"                123
  "The women attire themselves only in a short kilt"                 125
  "We arrived at M'Gogo's capital"                                   126
  "Making pombe in the hollowed-out stump of a tree"                 127
  Wa Taita Men                                                       129
  M'Kamba Woman                                                      131
  "Until it joins the Athi River"                                    136
  "The banks of the Sabaki are lined with trees"                     138
  "I caught sight of a fine waterbuck and successfully
    bowled him over"                                                 146
  "A young one was lying down in the grass quite close to me"        147
  A crocodile on the Sabaki                                          153
  "Beyond all doubt, the man-eaters' den!"                           158
  "Watch the animals come down to drink"                             161
  "The antelope swinging by his feet"                                165
  Hippo Head                                                         167
  "Slaves chained neck to neck as was the custom"                    174
  Hospital Tent at Voi where Mrs. O'Hara rested                      178
  In the Bazaar at Kampala                                           181
  "The great Athi Plains"                                            182
  "First the earth surface has to be prepared"                       184
  "Cuttings have to be made and hollows banked up"                   185
  "Another gang drops the rails in their places"                     187
  "It never moved again"                                             190
  "The trophy was well worth the pains I had taken to add it to
    my collection"                                                   191
  Jackson's Hartebeeste, and Zebra                                   194
  Waterbuck                                                          195
  "Fortunately the brute fell dead after this final effort"          201
  "We managed to bring them in triumph to the camp"                  214
  "I got near enough for a safe shot, which bowled the
    antelope over stone-dead"                                        218
  Wart-hog                                                           220
  "A successful snapshot of an impala just after it had been shot"   228
  A Masai Chief                                                      232
  Masai Warriors                                                     233
  Masai Woman                                                        234
  Masai Girls                                                        235
  Masai Women                                                        237
  N'derobbo Boy                                                      239
  N'derobbo Boy, with Collabus Monkey                                240
  N'derobbo Girl                                                     241
  Wa Kikuyu                                                          244
  "The women of the Wa Kikuyu carry the heavy loads"                 245
  "Spooner's plucky servant, Imam Din"                               281
  A Collection of Trophies                                           285
  He was kept on view for several days, and then shot                291
  Impala                                                             292
  "I took a photograph of him standing reside his fine trophy"       295
  "Succeeded in finishing him off without further trouble"           297
  Steamer unloading at Kisumu, on Lake Victoria Nyanza               299
  The Grand Falls, Tana River                                        300
  Shimone, "The Place of Falling Water" (Eldama Ravine)              301
  Oryx                                                               302
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