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A HULL GIRAFFE OX THE ',"/ Virii 



Author^s Preface 



THI'^, illustnitions in this book, with a very few 

 exceptions, which are indicated, have been repro- 

 duced from the oricrinal photographs taken by myself. 



Dr. LudwiL;- Heck, in the course of his appreciative 

 introduction to the German edition, refers to these 

 photooTa})hs as Natururkuudcii — certificated records, as 

 it were, of the scenes trom wild life therein depicted. 

 And the fact that they are absolutely free from "re- 

 touching" of any kind will be held to justify him in the 

 use of that term. Absolutely the only photograph that 

 has been worked up in any way is the one (on p. 393) 

 of two lions attacking an ox. The negatix'e of this 

 was damaged while I was developing it. I have 

 described elsewhere the feeling of satisfaction with 

 which, six months afterwards, I received a telegram 

 fVom the Fatherland to announce that it was o-crettct — 

 restored ! 



My pictures may be classified as (i) ordinary photo- 

 graphs taken by daylight at varying ranges; (2) those 

 taken with a telephoto-lens ; (3) those taken at night 

 time by flashlight. 



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