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considered, but small as the necessary amount may be, it is 

 such a serious handicap, that many of us are absolutely 

 prevented from doing that which we feel should be done, 

 and done soon. Not only is no help forthcoming from 

 institutions or individuals, but, with perhaps one exception 

 (the American Museum of Natural History), they are not 

 even interested enough in the subject to take advantage 

 of what is being done by securing durable prints for the 

 purpose of filing away for the use of future generations. As 

 a recorder of facts, the camera takes first place, but the records 

 it makes are only of value, beyond interesting people for the 

 passing moment, if put ifito pertnanejitfortn. Perhaps I appear 

 to write with too much feeling on the subject, but it is 

 only because of real experience. When I made the collec- 

 tion of photographs of the larger animals of British East 

 Africa, in 1909, I worked to the limit of human endurance 

 and under the great disadvantage of serious lack of funds 

 (most of which were borrowed from very kind friends). 

 Every moment was of value, on account of the great expense 

 entailed. Almost absurd risks were taken in the effort to 

 get satisfactory pictures at very close range of the most 

 dangerous animals in the world. The results appeared in 

 my book on the trip.^ To the above-mentioned Museum 

 I gave the use of my negatives, in return for their many 

 kindnesses to me, but beyond that, the pictures have never 

 secured any permanent home, even though they represent 

 animals, many of which will become scarce within a few 

 years and extinct sooner than any of us realise. Photo- 

 graphs, too, are easier to keep than more or less perishable 

 skins and skeletons, which require constant care and much 

 loom for storage. 



^ " Camera Adventures in the African Wilds." 



