He said that every English-
speaking man, woman, or child whom he met abroad had its camera
with it, and that after a time the sight of a black cloth or the
click of a button began to madden him.
He told us that on the summit of Mount Tutra, in the Carpathians,
the English and American amateur photographers waiting to take "the
grand panorama" were formed by the Hungarian police in queue, two
abreast, each with his or her camera under his or her arm, and that
a man had to stand sometimes as long as three and a half hours
before his turn came round. He also told us that the beggars in
Constantinople went about with placards hung round their necks,
stating their charges for being photographed. One of these price
lists he brought back with him as a sample.
It ran:-
One snap shot, back or front .. ... ... 2 frcs.
" with expression ... ... 3 "
" surprised in quaint attitude . 4 "
" while saying prayers ... ... 5 "
" while fighting ... ... 10 "
He said that in some instances where a man had an exceptionally
villainous cast of countenance, or was exceptionally deformed, as
much as twenty francs were demanded and readily obtained.
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