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what alarmed. He had sufficient presence of 

 mind, however, to draw his pocket Kodak and 

 fire two snapshots, right and left, at the ap- 

 proaching beast. Then, as the lion still con- 

 tinued to draw near, he gave it three instan- 

 taneous exposures with a heavy " Bijou " reflex 

 magazine camera, loaded with aluminium 

 plates. 



" Quite still, please," he murmured, instinc- 



tively taking off his hat with that suave smile 

 which ever endears the photographer to his 

 fellows. 



" Now then ! Look pleasant, if you please !" 

 he added, clicking his fingers in the air, as he 

 pressed the bulb of his last weapon, a folding 

 panoramic camera with coUinear lens and an 

 anastigmatic shutter which had never yet 

 failed him. 



