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816 GORDON S. MITCHELL [j. S. M. P. E.
made by rapidly tapping a tree trunk with the beak. The buzz of flies and insects was very troublesome when recording sound, and caused much annoyance to the members of the company. Small monkeys would run about and chatter constantly, entirely devoid of fear for the white man.
Not only was the abundant animal life the cause of much thought on the part of the sound technicians, but it at times proved to be the cause of much consternation on the part of all from a personal standpoint. There are no glass windows in any but the largest hotels in that part of the world, and it was often necessary to sleep in houses which were partially open at the top. Small lizards would run about the bed, and small monkeys about the room, especially in the smaller jungle villages. The nights would be disturbed by small lizards and animals dropping into the room and onto the bed, but after a few weeks in the jungle, such occurrences ceased to disturb the tired motion picture technician. Signs along the road warned passers-by to beware of the black panther if traveling by night. This panther is a hybrid species, very agile and a facile tree climber, which makes it particularly dangerous. Incidentally, this panther is of great interest to the zoologist, as it is claimed to be a throwback from centuries of evolutionary development. Although the spotted panther is decreasing in numbers, the black panther is increasing. The result of the mating of two spotted leopards is periodically a litter of all-black kittens, in which there will be no spotted offspring. This birth of a litter of black kittens will happen once every five or ten years, between which intervals there may be born several litters of spotted offspring.
The high temperature encountered in tropical regions would, of course, play havoc with solutions as used in the laboratory. Consequently, two General Electric cooling units, similar to those used in electric refrigerators, were taken along. One of these was used to keep the "soup" cool, while the other was used to cool the water used in the laboratory and by the company. All water used had to be distilled.
The extreme humidity of the tropic regions affected the condenser microphones to a considerable extent, and the other equipment to a slightly lesser extent. It was necessary to place all sound equipment in a drying chamber at night. Although this chamber was normall; heated by a number of incandescent lamps, the inadequate pow< supply in most places often made it necessary to place several Coleman lanterns inside to furnish additional heat. Constant precaution*