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country looking south-west. The scene is somewhat marred by 

 the straightening of Well Hall Road immediately below, but the 

 expert worker will know how to tone down that eyesore. Green- 

 wich Park, still grand for its old trees, will well repay a visit 

 from the man with the camera. Perhaps early spring and late 

 autumn are the best times to go there for work. 



But the production of pictures of scenery is but one aspect of 

 the photographer's work. 



There are innumerable ways in which he can assist all branches 

 of science. Apart from highly specialised branches as, for example, 

 the micro-photography of minute forms of life, there is the applica- 

 tion of photography to illustrate industrial processes which, in the 

 ever-increasing improvement of machinery are always liable to 

 become methods of the past. To study and snapshot incidental 

 scenes of industrial Woolwich may be the wish of many. Go then 

 at^ the dinner hour to Beresford Square, and take stock of the 

 workers flowing out of the Arsenal gates like armies of ants from 

 their hills. Take records of the hucksters' stalls, for then it will 

 be seen how many of the workers fare at their tables. Again, it is 

 possible for the photographer to give invaluable aid to the study of 

 archaeology, ethnology, geography, geology, etc. Such work is not 

 only interesting in itself, but would be of inestimable service in help- 

 ing on the National Photographic Survey of the British Isles. The 

 photographer who takes an interest in archaeology will find much 

 to interest him. At Well Hall will be found subjects not only 

 interesting because of historical associations, but also on account 

 of their pictorial possibilities. At Eltham there is the old 

 Palace ; for detail work the ruins are good. Every student of 

 architecture has read of, if he has not seen, the fine perpendicular 

 timber roof of the banqueting hall. St. Nicholas' Church, Plum- 

 stead, though closed at present owing to the recent explosion in 

 the Arsenal, is worthy of attention. Doubtless the courtesy of 

 the vicar will enable the visitor to study what yet remains of the 

 early work here. There are the parish churches at Old Bexley, 

 Erith, Dartford, and Stone. The last named is so well known 

 as to need no special recommendation. It is one of the gems of 

 thirteenth century work. The archaeological features of the 

 neighbouring borough of Greenwich are so well known that they 

 warrant no further description ; the magnificent work of Sir 

 Christopher Wren, Inigo Jones, Hawksmoor, Vanbrugh, Ripley, 

 and others at the Greenwich Hospital, speaks for itself, but perhaps 

 it may not be thought amiss to draw special attention to the work of 

 Sir John Vanbrugh. This painter, playwright, architect is seemingly 

 not only responsible for the building of the Brass Foundry in 

 Woolwich Arsenal, 1722-24, but at Greenwich and close by he was 



