Within these enclosures fires
were kept burning all night, and it was also the
duty of the night-watchman to keep clattering half
a dozen empty oil tins suspended from a convenient
tree. These he manipulated by means of a long rope, while sitting in safety within his tent
and the
;
frightful noise thus produced was kept up at
frequent intervals during the night in the hopes of
terrifying away the man-eaters. In spite of all these
precautions, however, the lions would not be denied,
and men continued to disappear. Within these enclosures fires
were kept burning all night, and it was also the
duty of the night-watchman to keep clattering half
a dozen empty oil tins suspended from a convenient
tree. These he manipulated by means of a long

Chapter 3