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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



among all kinds of plants and grasses, 

 to discover its full beauty and the 

 varied way in which it collects upon 

 different objects. It should be ex- 

 amined minutely and carefully in all 

 its aspects, hence one should stoop 

 down often during these morning ram- 

 bles among the fragrant vegetation 

 then gleaming with its burden of dew, 

 and if possible examine it with a pocket 

 lens. 



a lens of short focus, it offers a fasci- 

 nating field of endeavor. 



It shows best, when seen or photo- 

 graphed, against a dense black back- 

 ground, and such should be supplied, 

 if possible, for photographing. 



Such photography presents no great 

 difficulty, and the details of the work, 

 the search for objects with just the 

 right burden and arrangement of drops, 

 and the task of arranging the speci- 



GORGKnl'S, GLITTliRING DEWDROP DECORATIONS. 



Such an excursion, at early morn is 

 full of delight, and the dew lover will 

 find masterpieces on every hand and 

 equally charming whether as objects 

 to be looked at merely, or to be pho- 

 tographed. 



The clew collects most beautifully 

 perhaps upon the leaves of the straw- 

 berry and the clover, and on the garden 

 spider's geometric webs, but it is also 

 charming on the grasses, fluffy dande- 

 lions, and especially on objects cov- 

 ered with vegetable hairs, as the mul- 

 leins and certain grasses. 



It affords charming objects for the 

 camera, and to one who has or can 

 construct an extension camera, and has 



mens in the best way before the 

 camera, afford an experience wholly 

 delightful and instructive. 



A Visit to Ausable Chasm. 



BY MRS. E. E. TRUMBUU,, PLATTSBURG, 

 NEW YORK. 



It was while the camera girl was 

 with us, and the places of interest about 

 home had been exhausted, that we con- 

 ceived the idea of visiting Ausable 

 Chasm, and of going alone, or with 

 only a few congenial friends. Steam 

 took us from Plattsburg to Port Kent, 

 where electricity conveyed us for three 

 miles, through a sweep of sandy huck- 

 leberry plains stretching in dull green 



