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Gods to protect her mistress from the terrible things 

 for which Osa had no proper respect or fear. 



In everything Osa did she tried to be as normal 

 as possible. She wore no fancy hunting costumes, 

 yet always had a change of color, even though slight. 

 Nice browns and grays were her favorites. 



I think she tried to see life through the eyes of the 

 wild animals we photographed. When they resented 

 our presence in their domain, Osa, like me, grew to 

 imderstand how they felt and to be tolerant of their 

 anger. Neither of us had to try to like the natural 

 joys of our life, good plain food, plenty of exercise 

 and as much laughter in our waking hours as the law 

 would permit. 



All these things boiled down into a sort of philo- 

 sophy ot contentment. To this contentment, rather 

 than to any single item of my regmie, we attributed 

 our perfect health. 



You wouldn't think Osa could keep her feminine 

 looks and personality in such a life as we lead. But 

 she does. Her photographs show how yoimg and 

 fresh her expression is. (An acquaintance who 

 doesn't know her has suggested they might have been 

 taken before she went to Africa. But these were 

 taken on her last trip.) 



I think her perfect health has more to do with her 

 looks than any other single factor. Next comes her 

 enthusiasm for our work. Her habits are regular 



