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SAVAGE SUDAN 



Little did I then dream of what the Upper Nile can 

 show in the elephant line! 



We saw no elephants here (on White Nile) either in 

 1 9 1 3- 1 4, or in 1919, and I believe they are seldom met with 

 at this point below Lake No in winter. The accuracy 

 of my census was, however, confirmed by another hunter, 

 my friend Mr Sydney Pearson, who wrote me : " I just 

 missed you at Lake No ; you had only left your gyassa 

 two hours before I arrived. I saw that big herd of 

 elephants that you sketched. The big bull was at the 

 west-end of the herd, a splendid fellow, and there were 

 three other good bulls." 



A few hours later we reached Lake No, and anchored 

 at the confluence of the Bahr-el-Ghazal with the Mountain- 

 Nile. 



Two JACANAS AND (insef) NIGHT-HERON. 



