THE NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS 



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CURIOUS DUPLICATING EFFECT DV PUTTING MIRRORS TOGETHER EDGEWISE TO 



FORM A V. 



of each toad's head, and place a fly on 

 the mucilage. It is better if the fly is 

 alive and the glue strong enough to 

 keep it quiet, though sometimes the 

 experiment may be successful with a 

 dead fly. The toad will try to catch 

 the reflected fly. It is funny to see him 

 slap his tongue against his own reflec- 

 tion. If the fly's struggles are lively, 

 the toad will frequently repeat his 

 tongue lapping, but will assume an ex- 



pression of astonishment, evidently 

 mystified by the failure. The toad's 

 tongue will make curious little marks 

 on the mirror but it is almost impos- 

 sible to photograph these as the move- 

 ment is so rapid that the operator can- 

 not spring the shutter quickly enough. 

 Other pleasing eltects may be readily 

 obtained, as in the illustration of the 

 dancing toads. 



A wooden base in which the mirror 



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