CAMERA SHOTS 



seemed insurmountable. Dr. Ludwig Heck did not 

 cease to encourage me in my experiments. Through 

 him I became acquainted with Captain KiesHng, who 

 is an expert photographer of mihtary subjects and is 

 connected with the general staff of the German army. 

 He initiated me into the secrets of his art — above all of 

 telephotography. We were convinced that photography 

 could be made subservient to my endeavor to fix on 

 the sensitive plate that world of splendid animals. The 

 magic rod! Where and how could we discover it? 

 Patience and constant experimenting appeared to be 

 the only road to attainment. Often, when we thought 

 we held success by the forelock, we were rudely dis- 

 appointed. That our apparatus was often partially 

 wrecked by the flash-light explosives with which we 

 experimented we considered only a slight accident. 



So we studied and tested and contrived until, this 

 time well equipped, I set out on my second expedition 

 into tropical Africa. 



I was fairly successful during the year I spent there, 

 but not fully satisfied with the results of my photo- 

 graphic experiments. 



After my return to Europe, Captain Kiesling and I 

 took up once more the thread of our investigations and 

 attempts at perfecting the camera, now aided by Mr. 

 Goerz, whose optical institute in Ik-rlin (Friedenau) 

 is one of the best-known in the world. In one of his 

 laborat(jries we were constantly at work. I am lasting- 



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