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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



Remarkable Flash-light Photography. 

 "Country Life in America" in its is- 

 sue for July publishes a remarkable 

 article by William Nesbit, entitled, 

 "Night Hunting with Flash-light and 

 Camera." He shows a racoon in the 

 act of photographing itself by explod- 





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THE 'COON'S "OWN" PHOTOGRAPH. 



ing the flash-light connected with the 

 bait, and by means of another camera 

 he exhibits the entire apparatus, flash- 

 light, camera, danger signal, and the 

 racoon in action. The picture is unique 

 and amazing. 



By a remarkable coincidence a pho- 

 tograph of a skunk shows the white of 

 the tail above the white sheet intended 

 to make the skunk more conspicuous, 

 so that the animal appears in front of 

 the white background, and the white 

 tip of the tail in front of the black 

 background of the night. We feel sure 

 that many of our readers will want to 

 read the article which contains other 

 interesting photographs. We are in- 

 debted to Doubleday, Page & Com- 

 pany, Garden City, Long Island, New 

 York, for their courtesy in giving us 

 the use of the three accompanying il- 

 lustrations. 



It may interest you to know that I 

 am greatly pleased with your maga- 

 zine and consider it one of the most 

 instructive periodicals that I have ever 

 read. Allow me to compliment you on 

 the many improvements you have 

 made during the past year, and I as- 

 sure you of my best wishes for the 

 success of your magazine and the As- 

 sociation. — T. Walter Weiseman, Ems- 

 worth, Pennsylvania. 



THE PROCESS PY WHICH THE 'COON TOOK ITS "OWN" PHOTOGRAPH. 



A second camera was so placed that the same flash operated botli shutters. Halation about the animal, 

 caused by reflection of the flash by the lens, was overcome by electrically igniting a second charge of 

 powder out of view of the second camera ar.d behii d the trash seen in the picture. 



