In one
corner of this bay, close under an overhanging tree,
stood a little sandy hillock, and on looking over the
top of this I saw on the other side a fearsome-
looking cave which seemed to run back for a con-
siderable distance under the rocky bank. Round
the entrance and inside the cavern I was thunder-
struck to find a number of human bones, with here
and there a copper bangle such as the natives wear.
Beyond all doubt, the man-eaters' den! In this
manner, and quite by accident, I stumbled upon the
lair of these once-dreaded"
demons ", whichI had
spent so many days searching for through the
exasperating and interminable jungle during the
time when they terrorised Tsavo,

Chapter 14