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INTO NATURE'S
♦ ♦♦Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson's jungle pictures are famous. But watching their recent "Congorilla," would it occur to you what it cost in time, energy and danger to produce such a picture? This will give you an excellent idea
By LOWELL THOMAS
LAKE PARADISE lies hidden in the crater of an extinct volcano north of the Kaisoot Desert J not far from the Abyssinian border. Martin Johnson discovered it on his first trip into Africa years ago. The place was ideal for filming big game ; it swarmed with wild life, and the animals had yet to learn to fear man. Ensnared by its beauty Johnson built himself a permanent home on an eminence overlooking it.
The trail that led to the rainbow's end at Lake Paradise started at the island of Guadalcanar in the South Seas some twenty odd years ago. When Jack London put out of San Francisco bound around the world on his yacht, the Snark, young Martin Johnson was aboard. In fact, he was one of Jack London's crew.
During the months that ensued the Snark followed a course to Hawaii, the Marquesas, the Society Islands, Samoa, and Fiji. One by one the original members of the
BATTLEFIELDS— II
TWO AGAINST
THE JUNGLE
The big bull rhinoceros which charged the camera when Johnson was cranking. ^ ^ Tragedy was barely averted.
From Martin Johnson' s book, "Safari."
party fell by the way until at last only three remained: Jack London, Mrs. Jack London, and Martin Johnson. Martin, a lad from Kansas, had signed up as cook.
In October, 1908, the Snark dropped anchor at Penduffryn, Guadalcanar. Shortly before, three Pathe Freres cameramen had arrived from Australia to film the cannibals that inhabited the upper reaches of the Balesuna River. The husky young Kansas giant joined the expedition in order to learn how to handle that box of magic known as a motion picture camera.
WHEN the party returned to Penduffryn, Johnson learned that sickness had forced the Londons to abandon the cruise temporarily. They decided to rush down to Australia for treatment. Martin accompanied them to Sydney and there ended the celebrated cruise of the Snark.
Martin returned to America via Ceylon, Aden, Port
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