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PHOTOGRAPHY FOR NATURALISTS. 



Of the list given perhaps the following four crea- 

 tures are most likely to be seen, without necessarily being 

 " put up," by daylightand under such conditions as to be 

 photographically possible : Stoat, weasel, squirrel, and 

 water rat. Of these the latter is undoubtedly the easiest 

 to get close to ; indeed, in rivers where these delightful 

 miniature beavers are fairly common, it is difficult to 

 travel far without sighting one, and if one happens to 



Brown Rat. 



be silently drifting in a canoe, the curiosity evinced 

 appears to be pretty evenly divided between man and 

 beast. The other three creatures have been most 

 frequently seen by the writer while bicycling on some 

 quiet road, flanked on either side by woods, especially 

 in the so-called " preserves." 



One can hardly fail to be struck by the analogy 



