In \Yilclest Africa * 



however, 1 was fortunate enough to get a picture worth 

 having for instance, that of a hyena making off with 

 the head of a zebra, and that of three jackals, included 

 in the illustrations to //'//// Flashliglit and Rijlc. The 

 first photograph I succeeded with in 1902 was that oi a 

 mongoose coming up to the bait placed for him. On 

 page 657 the reader may see this marten-like animal taking 

 to flight among the thorn-bushes. I secured a number 

 of other pictures, notably of hyenas, both spotted and 

 striped, and of jackals, in all kinds of strange positions, 

 moving hither and thither in search of prey. 



What a state of excitement and suspense I used to 

 be in at first when the flashlight flamed out until 1 got 

 to realise that owing to the rapid movements of the animals 

 most of the; photographs were sure; to be failures. 



My illness and return from this expedition proved 

 really an advantage in the long run, inasmuch as they 

 enabled UK; to get the; apparatus brought to such perfection 

 as to render possible the photographing of even the most 

 rapid movements. This was brought about in the Goerz 

 Institute, I I err M. Kiesling contriving to secure the 

 simultaneous operation of the flashlight and the: shutter. 



Equipped with this new apparatus, I set out on my 

 fourth expedition, betaking myself for two reasons to 

 districts with which 1 was already familiar. In the first 

 place, success was much more likely in a country the 

 speech, of whose inhabitants and all their habits and 

 customs were known to me ; but my chief reason was 

 that I wished to achieve a pictorial record of the wild 

 hie of the German region of Africa. As a matter of 



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