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SAVAGE SUDAN 
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 
