i8 THE LAND OF THE LION 



before. All the world is glorified for a few minutes. It is 

 a new and wonderful world, "without spot or wrinkle 

 or any such thing." All things beneath, as all things 

 above, catch the last parting sunset colour, as only cloud- 

 land sometimes catches it in our northern climes. One 

 great last wave of pure pink light sweeps softly, slowly, 

 over prairie and woodland, then for an instant hovers 

 on the hill tops, changes to dark, rich purple, and then 

 fades to gray, for night comes apace in Africa. 



