CHAPTER III. 
SKETCHING AND PHOTOGRAPHY. 
Superiority of sketches over photographs for general views—Value of day-light 
loading hand-cameras to the climber—Difficulties of carrying heavy cameras, 
plates or weighty appliances— Description of hand-cameras employed, sizes, 
weights &c. Advantages of working with two cameras—Lightness and 
portability the sole deciding factors—Difficulties of using a stand when 
climbing—Improvising camera stands—Pen and ink sketches. 
ERTAINLY one of the greatest 
joys in life to the successful birds- 
nester is to obtain a record of the 
places he has visited and the 
haunts of the wild birds he has 
watched. For nearly twenty years 
I never went on an expedition with- 
out making sketches of the locali- 
ties visited and when possible, of 
the situations of the nests. My 
especial joy was to reach some 
Eagle’s nest and endeavour to 
delineate with pencil and brush 
‘“what the Eagle saw.” Of course, 
I had to submit to the usual chaff 
to which every man and boy from 
“Martin” down has experienced in 
such cases. It was suggested that my cliffs were too steep or that 
no man could get at such spots. Whether this was the case or not 
