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note struck by the photographer. That these 

 false notes do exist, and that photographs con- 

 taining them are constantly being turned out, I 

 think no one who has kept in touch with recent 

 literature upon the subject and who is well ac- 

 quainted with his wild brethren can deny. 



It is a pity that this should be so, that a branch 

 of photography that holds such limitless possi- 

 bilities in the material aid which it can give to 

 the advancement of the natural sciences should be 

 injured, as it is being injured, by unconscientious 

 workers. It is a field where each worker should 

 unhesitatingly give what aid he can to each new 

 worker entering it, where all should pull together 

 as much as is possible, where no petty jealousies 

 or rivalries should exist, and, above all, where no 

 one should resort to tricks or chicanery to obtain 

 results. 



Therefore I would that none might enter it 

 except those who do so with the intention of 

 doing the best possible work along their chosen 

 lines. These I would gladly welcome to the 

 ranks of the nature photographers, and to these 

 do I wish to speak in this book, and most espe- 

 cially to those sportsmen who wish either to 

 exchange their gun for a camera or to combine 

 the pleasures of hunting with a camera with those 

 of hunting with a gun. 



It is these men who are best fitted for this work 



