20 HAUNTS AND HOBBIES 



this notwithstanding, the light that comes through the 

 raised bars of a single jilmil panel suffices amply to 

 illuminate the largest of the rooms. 



I have spoken above of the intensity of the sunlight 

 at this season of the year. Of its intensity I will give 

 two further illustrations. 



The first I witnessed at another station, and some 

 years ago. The house I occupied, like this, had small 

 rooms, mere closets, at the ends of the verandahs. I 

 happened one day, during the hot weather, to enter one 

 of them. I noticed with surprise that the white wall 

 opposite the outer door appeared bright blue, and also 

 that feathery streaks of green seemed moving over the 

 blue surface. Next, to my greater surprise, the figure 

 of a man, only upside down, passed by, as if reflected 

 in a looking-glass. 



The phenomenon was now explained. There was a 

 hole in the upper part of the door, and the intense 

 sunlight passing through this hole pictured on the wall, 

 like as in a camera obscura, the objects in the garden. 

 The blue colour was the reflection of the sky, the 

 green feathery streaks were the waving branches of the 

 trees, and the figure of the man was one of the servants 

 who happened to be passing by. But, the hole not 

 being fitted with a lens, all the objects appeared in- 

 verted. Having discovered the fact of these reflections 

 on the wall, I used afterwards often to enter the room 

 and amuse myself by observing them. 



Subsequently I was residing elsewhere, and in a 

 much larger house. A friend had been staying with 

 us. On his departure I accompanied him to the outer 



