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FISHING ON LAKE VICTORIA 
quarters at home. The wondering remarks of natives at the 
inexplicable ways of the white man matter not, and after a 
quick dinner one starts to develop the precious negative, 
at one time sure of success, at another despondent of a failure. 
But who can describe the feelings of triumphant delight as 
the picture develops, and one realises it as being successful 
beyond one’s wildest dreams ? 
What matter the cold, the fatigue, the cramp, and long 
patient waiting in the swamp when one gets such results ? 
All natural history photographers will understand and 
sympathise ; and to others I would say, just start the pursuit 
and you will have a hobby at once engrossing, and of value 
in teaching one to understand the problems and curious 
habits of our feathered friends ; at any rate, one need never 
more complain of dull days, even in Africa. 
I leave it to fellow members to judge of the result, only 
asking them to keep in mind that photos lose considerably 
in the process of reproduction, and being viewed as a flat print, 
the picture loses considerably more of its beauty. 
All nature photos should, in my opinion, be taken and 
viewed stereoscopically so as to get the full value. It would 
be a surprise to many to view the same picture stereoscopically 
and as a plain print. Perhaps when our Society is more 
firmly established it will be possible to reproduce the prints 
for viewing through the stereoscope. 
In conclusion I may add a few notes re the Hagedash 
Ibis which may prove of interest. This bird is confined to 
tropical Africa. Here I have met with it from the Kagera 
River on the German East Africa boundary to the Nile north 
of Unyoro, inhabiting the swamp rivers, but being most 
common along the shores of the Victoria Nyanza. Towards 
Central Uganda it is naturally less often seen save on the 
Rivers Maanja and Kafu. It is a striking-looking bird of 
a bronze green hue, most conspicuously gleaming in the 
sunlight, and at all times its curious cry attracts attention 
and has given rise to its native name (Luganda) of ‘ Mpa- 
baana.’ In this connection it will be interesting to note 
two native stories regarding the birds. 
The first runs that in olden times a famine came on the 
