NATURE IN DECORATION AND PLEASURABLE RESOURCE. 159 



THE HUGE NEST AND EGGS OF A SWAN. 



conditions of life met with a common 

 interest in cracked corn. This was the 

 long and short of it, but they nearly 

 all assumed the same perpendicularity. 

 The swans, however, floated in grandly 

 toward the shore, and gracefully bent 

 down their arching necks, except when 

 they bent them outward to make a grab 



at some duck or goose that ventured too 

 near. 



Alike suggested that I get a moving 

 picture machine and try it. 1 had only 

 an ordinary camera. Whether it was his 

 suggestion or the attractiveness of the 

 scene I do not know. I do know, how- 

 ever, that 1 forgot myself ( and the cost 



A NEAR VIEW OF THE NEST OF A DUCK 



These eggs are much smaller than those of the swan. The nearness of the camera makes them 



seem larger 



