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WILD NATURE'S WAYS. 



from aesthetic 

 reasons, and 

 partly because 

 their diurnal 

 habits render 

 the acquire- 

 ment of knf)w- 

 ledge in re- 

 gard to them 

 and pleasanter 

 in the case of 

 of the other 

 classes of subjects 

 enumerated. They are 

 not by any means so 

 easy to photograph, 

 liowever, during fine, 

 sunny days, when they 

 are full of pla} ful llittings from flower to flower> 

 as might at first sight appear. In order to secure 

 a picture of a large white specimen, my brother 

 watched the beha\'iour of a number one fine sum- 

 mer's day until he thought he had succeeded in de- 

 tecting a favourite piece of wild thyme for them to 

 alight upon. Focussing this, he put a plate into posi- 

 tion, and attaching his pneumatic tube, stood as far 

 away as it would reach, but alas ! as soon as ever 

 the recording eye of the camera was fixed on the 

 flower, the butterflies took a fancy to another 



WHITE BUTTERFLY ON THYME. 



