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cowering gait of the animal came out very strikingly on 

 the negative. 



There is wide scope for a man's dexterity and resource- 

 fulness in the setting up of a flashlight apparatus. All 

 the qualities that go to the making of a big-game hunter 

 are essential to success in this field also. You have 

 to keep a sharp look-out for the tracks of the different 

 animals and to watch for their appearance, taking up 

 your position in some thorn-bush hiding-place or up a 

 tree if you propose to operate the camera yourself by 

 means of a string. In the case of most animals you have, 

 of course, to pay special attention to the direction of the 

 wind. This is not necessary, however, in the case of 

 lions. Lions take no notice whatever of the man in 

 hiding. Elephants, on the contrary, are very easily excited, 

 and when this is so they are apt to force their way into 

 his thorn retreat and trample on him or to drag him 

 down from his point of vantage. 



Future workers in this field will find that my labours 

 have served to some extent to clear the ground for them, 

 and we may look forward to many interesting achieve- 

 ments. There can be no doubt that the explorer who 

 provides himself with the necessary photographic equip- 

 ment will find ample scope for his activities. 



My own process was simple enough. I stretched lines 

 of string round the heifer or goat which was to serve 

 as a bait, and the lions, hyenas, etc., falling on their prey 

 pulled these strings, which worked the flashlight — the 

 animals thus taking their own photographs. Some of these 



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