"JACKING" ANIMALS 111 



properly harnessed to the apparatus, and then 

 we started out. It was agreed that I should 

 carry the lamp and walk ahead and find a 

 springhaas, and when we got within fifteen feet 

 of it, Kearton, who was close by, should focus 

 the camera on the brute, give the signal to 

 Clark following behind, and he would then 

 press the button, explode the flash, and the 

 picture would be taken. 



We had proceeded only a few yards when I 

 discovered the eyes of a springhaas about a 

 hundred feet away and called Kearton's atten- 

 tion to them. He made some reply that led 

 me to suppose that he, too, saw them, and we 

 began to stalk the animal. We had gone but 

 a few feet when Kearton knelt low over his 

 camera and began to focus. Puzzled at his 

 action, for we were too far away for a photo- 

 graph, I was about to remonstrate, when glanc- 

 ing down I saw the single glare of a piece of 

 tin not ten feet from the camera. Before I 

 could give the warning, Kearton had signalled to 

 Clark to press the button. There was a dull 

 roar and a blinding flash. 



"I have him! I have him!" shouted the ex- 

 cited photographer. 



