THE PRINCE’S ADVENTURE

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 221, 14 June 1930, Page 26

THE PRINCE’S ADVENTURE

Shooting big game with a camera is a more princely sport than killing them with a rifle. The Prince of Wales has proved that it can be quite as exciting. In the River Tengi country, where elephants abound, the Prince had mounted a motion-picture camera to obtain from beneath: the sheltering palms a film of elephants in movement

While intent on his photography, and delighted with his success in bringing a big elephant into the picture, he was unconscious of the danger that was threatening him. The elephant, ears flapping wide, came charging toward the palm trees and the camera. Those with the Prince tried to divert the animal’s attention by shouts. The Prince went on working the camera handle, but the elephant charged on till. within thirty or forty yards. A shot from the hunters brought the angry beast down, but not before things had begun to look very dangerous forthe amateur;, photographer.

“Do you know,” cried little Tommy to his friend. Bobby, one day, “there’s a man in our road who has been Hving on bread-and-cheese for three weeks?” “That’s nothing,” replied Bobby. “My brother is a sailor and he has been living on salt water for, six months!” —Send by Teddy Ward, Ruatorla.