THE CAMERA 



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Poland" and there is no mention of a The conical front teeth are shown in 



South African marine diocese. the cut. The lateral teeth are strong 



At any rate the fish head here shown and molar-like, evidently for the pur- 

 is interesting. The photographs were pose of crushing shells and, like the 



famous king of the Cannibal Islands, 

 "he has two rows in his lower jaw." — 

 R. C. 0., in Zoological Society Bulletin. 



THE FISH HEAD DRESSED FOR THE PHOTOG 

 RAPHER. 



made at the Aquarium from the dried 

 head which was brought from Cape- 

 town, South Africa, by the owner, 

 Robert A. Hunt. Except for the evi- 

 dent additions made by the photog- 

 rapher, the specimen was not manipu- 

 lated in any way. The ragged outline 

 at the back of the head shows where 

 it was severed from the body. The 

 lines on the lower part or the face are 

 natural and are the outlines of the 

 maxillary and other bones of the jaws. 

 The proboscis has shrunk somewhat 

 in drying. In life the resemblance to 

 the human face was even more strik- 

 ing. 



We are indebted to Mr. Hunt for the 

 data and for the pleasure of examining 

 the dried head, and some original snap 

 shots taken just after the head was 

 severed from the body. Literature is 

 not at hand for the identification of 

 the species, but it appears to belong 

 to the family Sparidae, and if this is the 

 case it would be related to our sheeps- 

 head. 



A Common But Unfamiliar Flower. 



Photographs of this beautiful cluster 



of gradually unfolding bloom were 



shown at various Institutes for teachers 



THE UNFOLDING ONION BLOOM. 



who were requested to tell what the 

 plant is. Not five per cent of those 

 teachers had ever seen it or had any 

 knowledge of it. It was then explained 

 that this is a good example of the fact 

 that we may know many things that 

 are far from home and comparatively 

 few of the commonplace things in our 

 immediate vicinity that we should 

 know. 



This is a picture of the beautifully, 

 gradually expanding flower cluster of 

 the onion. 



MRS. GEORGE HILL BLADWORTH, HOTEL 

 CUMBERLAND, NEW YORK CITY. 



Trouble never leaves us where it 

 found us and I am sure that your re- 

 cent experiences will all tend toward 

 the furtherance of vour life work. 



