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SAVAGE SUDAN 
On the Upper Blue Nile beyond Roseires, vast areas 
of io-foot cane-grass adjoin or abut upon the river, and 
buffalo (with elephants too) habitually resort to the 
security of these impenetrable strongholds. Good sports¬ 
men whom we met on that river had deliberately left the 
great beasts unmolested, considering it reckless to follow 
them into such fastnesses. In that I agree, and have 
remarked that those who live on the spot, and hence are 
most in touch with the heaviest game, are ever the least 
apt to minimise the danger of its pursuit. 
Demoiselle Crane. 
Sobat River, January 30th, 1914. 
