„. l-hnl., In Janir. I. ( lurk 



l-irst steps .„ .onslr,,,!.,,^. a Imnu,. Heavy logs and sticks, lashed toK.Ulier with tl.orn tree bark, make a 

 siibstantial capo, over which thorn branches are densely packed to form a bjurier and to conceal the operator 

 llic dry river bed was a runway for lions, which came to a water hole jnst, below the homa 



Field photography is most 

 tascinating when resources are 

 taxed and one's versatihty is 

 called upon to secure results. 

 The success with which Dug- 

 niore overcame obstacles is 

 shown in his marvelous photo- 

 graphs. At that time (1909) no 

 such series of African wild-game 

 pictures had reached America. 

 Eliminating Schilling, the Ger- 

 man sportsman and author, 

 who took some interesting, but 

 photographically poor, game pic- 

 tures in German East Africa, 

 Dugmore was perhaps the pio- 

 neer in the African field of ani- 

 mal photography. 



From our camp we worked 

 the water hole at night and the 



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I'lu.U, In .;„/„r,v L. Clark 

 1 his hon came stalking the dead zebra in the night, but the 

 Hash light missed fire and it was necessary to shoot him when he 

 was about twelve yards distant 



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