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SAVAGE SUDAN 
in a breeze, game will assuredly take one’s scent at 
fully average distances. 
Away down that glade to leeward grazed the three 
great roan, showing alternately dark or light according 
as they faced the sun or touched the shade. Rejecting 
Baraka’s crude strategy, I devised a plan of my own. By 
a rapid detour around the game, describing a semicircle of 
a mile or more, we placed ourselves straight ahead of the 
course they were then following and directly down-wind 
thereof. We had long lost sight of the game, and owing 
to the winding, irregular outlines of the glade, did not 
detect their approach till two of the animals, both cows, 
showed up together at about 120 yards, hidden up to their 
withers in the deep grass. The bull was bound to appear 
within a second or two, and the short range necessitated 
a readjustment of the “ sights.” With wondrous sharpness 
of eye, both animals had at once suspected danger and 
now stood full-face at gaze. Then came the glorious old 
bull, halting three-quarters “on” and exposing his chest. 
A memorable spectacle the trio then presented, with their 
striking facial adornments, massive figures, and huge ears 
extended sharply forward. Into the broad chest of the 
bull I put a soft-nosed bullet; at the shot both his 
consorts bounced away, but one (the bigger) soon pulled 
up and turned, facing, receiving the second bullet, also in 
chest. Both these superb antelopes fell dead, each with 
a single ball. 
On walking up I was struck by their enormous bulk. 
If a tiang weighs 300 lb. and a waterbuck 500 lb., then 
a big roan bull must go well over 600—certainly near 
700 lb. 
A notable feature was the white tuft on the tear-duct. 
This, especially in the female, was fluffed out erect like 
a shaving brush! or like the auricles of a demoiselle 
crane. This it is difficult (or impossible) to reproduce in 
mounted trophies. Both these roan were of a rich tawny- 
chestnut, or cinnamon, in body-colour and both heavily 
