THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF PETS, ETC. 



101 



to hang innumerable travesties of the context. Photo- 

 graphically, the straying generally takes place at sun- 

 set ; and some have even dared to introduce the 

 watchful shepherd, who is, of course, occupied quite 

 differently according to the original. Quite apart, 

 however, from its pictorial possibilities, the sheep forms 



Swans. 



a most interesting subject for a naturalist. The writer 

 introduces the picture on page 99 as representing, 

 with fair accuracy, the position of the ram as defender 

 of the flock. The shutter exposure was a short one, 

 but the time between its completion and the 

 moment when the photographer found himselt 

 floored was still shorter. 



The main thing to avoid in photographing sheep, 



