WATERHOLE THRILLS 79 



One of my troubles is from animals coming up 

 behind the blind. They get my scent and frighten 

 away the game in front. It wouldn't be so bad if 

 they went completely away. The trouble is they 

 just back off a hundred yards or so and keep the other 

 game in a nervous state for hours. 



At I P.M. I have limch. For an hour or so I doze 

 The heat is usually pretty awful. Like the animals 

 outside it depresses me. They don't feel like drink- 

 ing and I don't feel Hke photographing. With the sun 

 directly overhead, the light is not right anyway. 



About 2:30 the animals start again for water. 

 Around 4 o'clock they drink more and frighten less 

 than at any time of the day. I suppose it is because 

 many have put their thirst off all day and have 

 decided to take a chance even if there is danger. 

 Unfortunately, by this time the stm is getting low 

 and shining at such an angle that it makes a yellow 

 light that is bad for pictures. 



I leave the blind about 6 p.m. and get back to camp 

 near 7. Meanwhile my boys have started from 

 camp at 5:30. Suku sends them off when our big 

 alarm clock rings. They stop on a hill top near the 

 blind and wait for me to blow my whistle to show 

 that I am ready to leave. 



I cannot leave anything in the blind on account of 

 baboons. They are so ciuious and inquisitive that 

 they run off with anything they can carry. Hyenas 



