A\ith I'hisbli'^ht and RiFlc *- 



Governor Count Ciotzen has provisionally interdicted any 

 such enterprise — a very praiseworthy action on his part. 



Though jjut into so many tight corners in my rhinoceros- 

 hunts — tight corners out of which I often ijot bv sheer 

 luck — I never deliberately took the worst risks except 

 when I set about taking idiotograjdis. 



It was not the easiest of tasks. Like so many other 

 wild beasts, the rhinoceros is most a.ctive when the sky 

 is overclouded — just when the camera is no good. The 

 photographer has the animal in a certain position, well 

 lit by the sun, and not too far oft^ — conditions that it is 

 extremely difficult to bring about. Then he must have 

 complete control over his ner\es. His hands must not 

 shake, or the picture will be spoilt. Malaria and the 

 imbibing ot quinine are not things to lit you tor 

 such work ! 



When once you have experimented in this kind ot 

 photography, without a bodyguard of armed Askaris to 

 protect you, you are not disposed to make light or its 

 clanQfers and difhculties. 



Howe\er, in spite ot all oiistacles, I had some success; 

 and how delighted I used to be ot a night, as I busied 

 myself with the development of my negatives and saw 

 gradually come into being the pictures made tor me by 

 that magician, the sim ! kor magical and nothing k;ss, they 

 seemed to mv men — these minute pictures ot which their 

 master makes his records ot" the day's events. There is no 

 end to the head-shaking that goes on o\-er them. " 1 )aua ! " 

 — "iMaoic!" — is tlndr word tor ever) thing that [)asses their 

 comprehension. 



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