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troublesome to photograph on account of their 

 elevation. A way out of the difficulty is to cut 

 three stout sticks of the required length, and, 



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lashing one to each leg of the tripod, virtually place 

 the apparatus on stilts. The focussing, insertion of 

 dark slides, and exposure of plates, may be managed 

 from a companion's shoulders. When near a farm- 

 yard a tumbril may often be borrowed from which 



