-^ Photography by Day and by Night 



give out a series of roars. The effect of this was magnifi- 

 cent beyond description. Beginning always with a soft 

 murmur, he gradually raised his mighty voice into a 

 peal of thunder — I never in my life heard anything so 

 beautiful." 



Both on account of the hardships and fatigue involved — 

 which are calculated in the long run to ruin his constitu- 

 tion — and also because he really cannot manipulate his 

 cameras successfully except on starry or moonlight nights, 

 it is most desirable for the photographer to provide 

 himself with an apparatus working automatically. You 

 cannot count upon its working as you would wish. The 

 string which sets it in action may be caught and pulled 

 by a bat or even a cockchafer instead of a lion you 

 want to photograph. The photograph reproduced on 

 p. 697, for instance, was the work of the turtledoves 

 therein visible. The motion of their wings, it may be 

 noted, was too quick for a clearly defined record. 



This picture, taken in the early morning, is a good 

 instance of the way in which I have always enforced my 

 rule as to never touching up my photographs. The plate 

 was broken on its way home, but the cracks which resulted 

 were left as they were.^ I remember one case in which 

 I had put up my apparatus with a view to securing 

 photographs of certain lions, and in which I had to be 

 content with a picture of a spotted hyena splashing its 

 way in full flight through the swamp. The hideous 



1 Flashlight photographs may be taken by daylight, as is proved 

 by this photograph and some of those of rhinoceroses in With Flashlight 

 and Rifle. 



