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of his game, before firing, than a patch of 
brown as large as his hat. The swaying 
of the white antler-tips in the midst of the 
thicket, the particular shade of the moving 
brown seen through the openings, would al- 
most always disclose the location of the vital 
point to the eye of the experienced, where 
the tyro would distinguish nothing but the 
shadow of the thicket, moving twigs, and the 
browns and russets of bark and leaves. 
Under such circumstances as these, while 
the hunter triumphantly raises his rifle, the 
photographer crouches hopeless and discour- 
aged. Far different conditions are needed 
for a successful result of his undertaking. 
Not only must the wind be in his face, but 
the sun must be at his back, or upon either 
side. He must be in dense cover, and yet 
cover that permits the free range of his lens. 
His game must be in the open, without 
intervening objects, and must be in the broad 
glare of sunshine. The hunter never realizes 
how seldom an animal comes into full view 
until he has followed him around with a 
camera, and met with failure after failure, 
after having had numbers of chances which 
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