WITH FLASH-LIGHT AND RIFLE 



ly indebted to Captain Kiesling, who, enthusiastically 

 concurring in my ideas regarding photographing at 

 night, assisted me in constructing a camera by means 

 of which I was enabled to surprise the animals of the 

 wilderness in their lairs and on their secret nightly er- 

 rands. 



Again I embarked, accompanied by my friend Dr. 

 Kuenstler, for the "Dark Continent," better prepared 

 than before. From Tanga we started on our inland 

 expedition with one hundred and fifty carriers. And 

 again I learned that theory and practice are two 

 different things. After many disappointments, and 

 suffering from an acute heart trouble and malaria, I 

 felt compelled to give up the expedition and to seek 

 recovery in my native land. That I survived I owe to 

 my robust constitution; my recovery was a surprise to 

 my medical friends. 



With renewed vigor I continued experimenting and 

 studying, profiting by past experiences, and for the 

 fourth time I left for Africa, and this time my expecta- 

 tions, after some initial disappointments, were realized 

 to a great extent. 



The obstacles which the traveller is apt to meet are 

 not only those which are put in his way by an unfavor- 

 able climate and inhospitable nature. A simple citizen, 

 not travelling in an ofBcial capacity, is often also ham- 

 pered V)y barriers put up by man. Even in the Ger- 

 man colonies of East Africa travelling was not especially 



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