16 



wmmm 



and, "hether or ;„ ible for h.m long to 



""ll ma^y strfrone the wild life of the country 



fnanimate scenes _and ^h^-J^tA"™'" It!™, which 



, V „ ^? the naturalist photographer takes 

 Toe To such an one absence of knowledge is- 



mmsmm 



'''\TX^T,'l\'::Toi study, whether con 



fields Of work fnaU branches awaiting our hands, 

 delegate to the »""^" , ^ awaiting and 



to devote all msu ^^ju^ii^t, favouring one 



^ h of work and^ takes up the camera for the 

 Xt^of UlustTating his 'studies, the case is 



■^'BTtiie selection of any particular branch 



,,y a worker is, and must be, fo/e"^'^.^ °^^ 



^'\^^r^u''itr;"u.r:s:°arrk^er'chr 



r.r-ven ub?e't because he is told that 

 ? is s'o badly wanted, unless his heart is m 

 iLwirk However much he may wish to do 

 somthi^g useful, it is little use netting to work 

 ^°™ ; ." . i.v,„f hao no love for him or he tor it, 

 ?o°r VMs^hlt': notTbis work his interest is very 

 irke^to soon evaporate and bis chances o. success 



S:s; whfchTometfres- mike' me"?eel that"l wish 



Closer acquaintance with the object, themBelves- 

 nor have I been disappointed and I ^^^^^^^^ 

 that, interesting as photography '^ '° ^^°{„t"',.f/t 

 branches, it is nothing compared with the mte^est 

 and fascination of obtaining studies of Natur^ 

 Hi^torv obiects. But as to the good of it all, 1 am 

 ™ore doub ful. Possibly it may be the means o 

 ^lightening many people as to -ture and fa b,t. 

 of many little known creatures, many ol wmon 

 ?hou "^abundant round about us, are so seldom 



"^^H'L^^'l^^t^s^o/^fg^theseuse^ 



^Xif^^w^Lrrmtto-rfoTe^trputrU 



3he han'ds of Iheman who has the experience 

 and let him make the photographs that '" /°°"'^ 



minutes. Or the other way (which ^ho^l-l^e '^^^ 

 \ ;^ t-o ;7et the man who knows what i= 

 ^aTe'd a'nd^h'efe to find it. and the photographer 

 who can record it, and combine the *«»• L^* \';! 

 sdentist assist the photographer and the photo 

 crapher the scientist, and you are likely to get 



Iraphmg insects, and have always felt I shouW 

 fike to do more, only that I have been handicappea 

 bv this verTwant of knowledge I have been speak- 

 by tms very ^^^^ specimens, 



Th^tlherl^errso many subjects in entomology 

 worthy of the attention of the photographer, nnd 

 7 A,Z. T have still no more idea when and where 

 *trobr:;n th^i: ^pecimensfor illustration, andl.o. 



