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Careful observations made on board 

 some very fast steamers would furnisii 

 interesting information on the speed 

 attained by porpoises. Steamship pas- 

 sengers are always interested in these 

 lively animals, but not one person in a 

 thousand, perhaps, thinks of ascertain- 

 ing the actual speed of the vessel and 

 the length of time a school of porpoises 

 may accompany it. — N. Y. Zoological 

 Societv Bulletin. 



Good Technical Nature Photography. 



We are indebted to "American Pho- 

 tography or the accompanying il- 

 lustration that that magazine com- 



and the distinctness of the details is 

 all that can l)e desired. P)Ut beyond 

 and above these we, as naturalists, es- 

 pecially applaud the artist because he 

 shows the beauty of the birches as na- 

 ture prefers to have them shown, and 

 not after some vandal has torn off their 

 bark. Mr. B. H. Spencer, who took 

 the photograph, says this is one of his 

 favorite walks which gives it an inter- 

 est to him although to others this in- 

 terest will depend on their admiration 

 for woodland scenes. We are pleased 

 with the picture, for one reason, be- 

 cause it does not contain any human 

 or other animal life. Here nature 



AN JDKAL STUDY OF A PATH. 



mends. We heartily endorse that stands in her simplicity and beauty 



commendation. The picture is an ideal with nothing extraneous to distract the 



study of a path through the white observer's attention. There is enough 



l)irches. The path is well displayed in this photograph to fill many a half 



