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had seen that sight! Yet even for him the impression 
must needs be transfixed on memory instantaneously. Not 
a moment is allowed for second thoughts or contemplation. 
Meanwhile on the opposite (eastern) bank, yet another 
great herd of elephants was reported close alongside, amongst 
heavy canes. I missed part of this spectacle—since to try 
to attend to two matters simultaneously spoils both — but 
crossed the deck in time to memorise a sight I shall never 
B.—“Somnolent.”—Bull Elephant in the Sudd. 
forget. The deep jungle was amove with pleistocene monsters. 
Down narrow glades it was but glimpses that they vouchsafed ; 
but specially I remember one great bull who, as he turned 
to go, halted, head erect, to survey for brief moments what 
manner of modern thing it was that dared disturb his pre¬ 
historic repose. 
Clearly at this point a transverse belt of solid soil crosses 
the regions of Sudd. Within a couple of miles, where the banks 
were solid , we had seen sixty or eighty elephants, probably 
more. On our return-voyage we passed this spot in the dark, 
but by their trumpetings and snorts we knew the elephants 
were there. 
