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smoke-clouds, punctuated by flying brands still aflame. 

 Nearer at hand a minor blaze merely flickering tongues of 

 fire was eating up a strip of thin bush close by. The 

 space between the two fires was occupied by several groups 

 of white-eared cob, with a few scattered tiang ; and we 

 were struck by the complete indifference of the wild game 



" SUSPICION " (White-eared Cob). 



to these rather startling conflagrations. Some cob were 

 feeding so near the farther fire that their figures appeared 

 actually silhouetted against the flames. They took no 

 sort of notice. While watching this scene, we became 

 aware of something amove in the nearer strip of bush, 

 and presently from its leeward point emerged two lions, 

 one much larger than the other. The grim pair, clearly 

 disturbed by the approaching fire, strode slowly and 

 deliberately away down-wind, and of course in full view 

 of the game, the ground there being quite open. Yet 



