THE FIRST CAMP 
The natives were, at first, very much frightened 
at the camera, the women especially, and some of 
them were never reconciled to it. I showed them 
stereoscopic slides of Papuan views on Negretti and 
Zambra’s veroscope. One fellow, on seeing his own 
portrait stand out in bold relief, dropped the stereo- 
scope and ran up a tree. I occasionally allowed a 
few privileged natives to come into the dark room 
to watch the developing. At first they were rather 
alarmed at the red light, but gradually they became 
interested in the process, and as the image appeared 
we heard the inevitable “‘lo-pi-ang.” 
Such was our daily life at Dinawa—very enjoyable 
in the crisp and bracing mountain air that reminded 
one of an English October. But for the unavoidable 
cares of camp management and fears for the endurance 
of our food supply and the safety of our specimens, it 
would have been altogether ideal. 
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