CHAPTER VII. 



Twenty years a cat. 



THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF PETS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



A S it is on the photography 

 of domestic animals 

 that the photographer-natu- 

 ralist will, in all probability, 

 try his 'prentice hand, it will 

 not be amiss to give a few 

 suggestions as to the methods 

 conducive to the best and 

 most easily attained results. 

 Domestic animals will, for 

 include such creatures as are 

 habitually kept in this country more or less tame 

 and more or less in confinement. Park deer, for instance, 

 or swans, will be considered as belonging to the same 

 class photographically as dogs, cats, and the ordinary 

 denizens of the farmyard. 



We will treat first of the photography of dogs and 

 cats. Of all living creatures these two are probably 

 the most persistently photographed. To photograph 

 one's own dog or cat is a comparatively easy matter 

 to photograph somebody else's property is, as a general 

 rule, difficult. The latter, however, is a task which the 

 animal photographer will often be called upon to 



our present purpose, 



