Photographic Outfit 



41 



Climbing to a Rook's Nest. 



a prolonged exposure is tlie rule, except in a, very few 

 exceptional instances. 



If I had been l)orn a ])ird. I should have liked to have 

 been web-footed and to have lived in a niarsli. Nothing 

 oi\'es me greater pleasure than working in sucli situations, 

 surrounded on all sides by a waving sea of fresh green reeds. 

 As I sit trying to collect my scattered thoughts, distracted 

 by the usual uncouth noises of a suburban street, I long 

 for tlic silent recd-bcd and tlie pleasant days I have spent 

 wading in remote and watery wildernesses alone witli the 

 birds, and wonder whether T sliall ever enjoy tlie like again. 



Vov I'ock work rojies and a crowbar will be wanted. 

 It is one tiling, liowcver, going down a roj^e, and another 

 t(j get a decent photograph when you are down. 



