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manage to get within photographic range of any of 

 the other game. In the afternoon I had better luck, 

 securing pictures of the red colobus monkey as well 

 as of an iguana. 



Being anxious to get a film of Jackson's " Dancing 

 Bird," I went under my green calico " hide-up," and 

 spent many weary hours there, but the wretched 

 creatures seemed ready to dance anywhere except in 

 front of my lens. I then tried in another place, where 

 I had better luck. Still, the result was not very 

 satisfactory. It was not until August 13th that I 

 secured a really good moving picture. On that 

 occasion the bird came and danced right in front of 

 me, enabling me to get over a hundred feet of capital 

 film. After that Clark took a turn in the hiding-place, 

 but had no luck of any kind. Then I tried again, and 

 once more the bird was obliging enough to come and 

 dance for me. 



In the afternoon I decided to leave, so we packed 

 up and trekked to the station, where we boarded the 

 train. We stopped at Nakuru for dinner, spent the 

 night on the train, and were at Naivasha by 6.30 the 

 following morning. During the next few days we 

 covered a good deal of ground, though nothing of 

 great interest occurred. It was a case of hard tramping, 

 of keeping always on the alert, of being continually 

 prepared for the unexpected in the way of opportunities 

 for taking pictures. 



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