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however, I was fortunate enough to get a picture worth 

 having — for instance, that of a hyena making off with 

 the head of a zebra, and that of three jackals, included 

 in the illustrations to With Flashlight aitd Rifle. The 

 first photograph I succeeded with in 1902 was that of a 

 mongoose coming up to the bait placed for him. On 

 page 657 the reader may see this marten-like animal taking 

 to flight among the thorn-bushes. I secured a number 

 of other pictures, notably of hyenas, both spotted and 

 striped, and of jackals, in all kinds of strange positions, 

 moving hither and thither in search of prey. 



What a state of excitement and suspense I used to 

 be in at first when the flashlight flamed out — until I got 

 to realise that owing to the rapid movements of the animals 

 most of the photographs were sure to be failures. 



My illness and return from this expedition proved 

 really an advantage in the long run, inasmuch as they 

 enabled me to get the apparatus brought to such perfection 

 as to render possible the photographing of even the most 

 rapid movements. This was brought about in the Goerz 

 Institute, Herr M. Kiesling contriving to secure the 

 simultaneous operation of the flashlight and the shutter. 



Equipped with this new apparatus, I set out on my 

 fourth expedition, betaking myself for two reasons to 

 districts with which I was already familiar. In the first 

 place, success was much more likely in a country the 

 speech of whose inhabitants and all their habits and 

 customs were known to me ; but my chief reason was 

 that I wished to achieve a pictorial record of the wild 

 life of the German region of Africa. As a matter of 



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