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Rivers. We left behind us all those " improvements " 

 on the face of nature, and went far beyond the last tin 

 can of civilization. For many miles our men had to 

 chop out a trail for the pack-train before we could get 

 on. Some of our travel was laborious, and some of it 

 dangerous; but there was no accident. In every respect 

 both the outfit and the trip were ideal. 



No doubt all persons who are interested in the 

 photographing of wild animals in their haunts will 

 desire to know how Mr. Phillips obtained the moun- 

 tain goat photographs which are reproduced in this 

 volume. They were made with a Hawk-Eye Stereo 

 Camera, No. i. Mr. Phillips never has used a tele- 

 photo lens. His series of photographs of the moun- 

 tain goat represent what I believe to be the most dar- 

 ing, and also the most successful, feat in big-game 

 photography ever accomplished. 



W. T. H. 



New York, November i, 1905. 



