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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. 



their return. The red snapper figured on j^age 148 is from a 

 photograph taken as described above. That this method is also 

 appHcable to fish Avithout scales, the figure of a sculpin will show, 

 and that the comparative value of the illustration can be judged, I 

 give also a wood-cut of a sculpin, from a popular work on natural 

 history. 



Crustacea may be treated in the same manner as fish, and the 



results are equally 

 as satisfactory. 



The various crabs 

 found along our 

 coast are good sub- 

 jects ujjon which 

 to work. 



Some insects 



may be successfully 

 photographed ; but 

 LOBSTEK. here the question 



of color is so diffi- 

 cult to deal with that one must be an expert before he can count 

 upon the result. The black and yellow butterflies especially are 

 disappointing to handle. What I have said of birds applies with 

 even more force to animals, and to a less degree to reptiles. The 

 colors of snakes and of terrapin are lost, and of the other reptiles, 

 it is indeed rarely that one can be gotten to take a good attitude, 

 and hold it long enough for a good picture. 



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