THROUGH WILD EUROPE 195 



from one another as Montenegro, Albania, Hungary 

 and Roumania in one season was a great mistake. 



Arriving as a stranger in a new country, unable 

 to speak the language, it is simply impossible to 

 begin work at once. Sometimes weeks have to be 

 spent in interviewing officials, obtaining permission 

 and information, engaging guides, and overcoming 

 unexpected obstacles of every description, before 

 one can even commence operations. Then as 

 soon as one begins to understand the ways of the 

 people, and to find out where to go, and how to set 

 to work, it is necessary to move on, leaving many 

 things which are not quite ready, or which are too 

 remote, so as to be in time for something else in a 

 distant country where the same difficulties have to 

 be gone through again de novo. 



If a country is worth working at all, one whole 

 season is none too long for anything like a good 

 result, and for the photographic naturalist a season 

 in Hungary ought to be very productive of good 

 and interesting results. 



