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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



"MIKE SUGGESTED THAT I GET A MOVING PICTURE MACHINE." 



of plates) and "loaded" and "fired" that 

 Premo camera with as much activity as 

 if it were a moving picture machine. 

 The scene was exciting. I had been 

 working for several days with a focal 

 plane shutter, telephoto and all sorts of 

 "fixin's" with not the best results. And 

 here were multitudes of birds right on 

 the beach, hustling in all sorts of atti- 

 tudes for the grain. I was in the food 

 house with Zeiss Protar long focus 



sticking out the narrow opening in the 

 door, "firing" with gatling gun rapiditv. 



Mike was a faithful and admiring 

 supporter. He enjoyed as I did the 

 Mashing pictures on the ground glass. 

 ( It was so dark in the house that no 

 dark cloth was needed. ) 



It was exciting. I felt as brave as 

 if the estate were being" attacked and the 

 repulsion of the enemy depended wholly 

 upon a single gun in my hands. No 



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"IT WAS EXCITING. I FELT AS BRAVE AS IF THE ESTATE WERE BEING 



ATTACKED." 



