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that frogs, lizards and the Hke are always so carried, and 

 in many places form the staple diet. More than once she 

 returned with a sod, and this the young ones pulled to 

 pieces, perhaps for the benefit of their digestions, while 

 she stood admiringly above them (Plate i6). 



The populace was now curious, and kept inquiring at 

 the hostel as to whether, as the waiter put it, we had 

 yet " justly sketched " the Storks, nor was the Press far 

 behind, for one morning as he brought in the breakfast 

 we noticed that Francois was bubbling with excitement, 

 and, on being questioned, produced the local paper, 

 pointing to a paragraph, the following translation of which 

 our friend Herr Stavermann kindly sent across that 

 evening. 



" Since a few days three English gentlemen are lodged 

 in the Hotel het Rechthuis, who occupy themselves 

 with photographying birds in the meer. For some times 

 they are there during long hours to wait for the just 

 moment to take the photo. But sometimes it is also 

 a dangerous work, at least there are to be found a few 

 people who will have currage to do what they did 

 Tuesday. One of them climbed up an enorm popular 

 tree in which is found a nest of storks. Some hindering 

 branches were cut away. In the meantime the gentleman 

 who had with him his camera climbed to the very utmost 

 top of another popular in order to wait there very patient 

 until the mother Stork would have the kindness to bring 

 food to their young ones. When we saw the gentleman 

 chmb down from the tree so fearlessly we thought that 

 the most clever acrobat could not match him. But he 

 had not yet reached his aim though he had spent some 

 hours in the tree. But notwithstanding this he is not 

 give it up." The simplicity of the climbing has already 

 been mentioned, and from the above it will be seen 

 that the continental Press, like our own, is not averse to 

 colour. 



Thunder was constantly about, and more than once 



