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though he is clogged, at a distance of three or 

 four feet, and calmly focus your camera and make 

 an exposure, for he was not using a reflex, takes 

 an amount of courage and an exhibition of nerve 

 of which not every one is possessed. That the 

 results are not always all that can be wished is 

 evidenced by the fact that Mr. Carlin once made 

 a snow-shoe trip of three days' duration in the 

 quest of photographs of these animals, sleeping 

 out on the snow at night, and carrying, besides 

 his provisions and a blanket, his heavy six 

 and a half by eight and a half camera outfit. 

 While he made many exposures, when he came 

 to develop them he discovered that, through one 

 cause or another, only two or three of the lot were 

 good. This certainly is disheartening, but tends 

 to make those good pictures which we do obtain 

 the more valuable and worth having. 



Success in work on the larger animals is due 

 not only to the capability of endurance, but also 

 to absolute vigilance and the strictest attention to 

 every detail. 



Once stalk a deer with a camera instead of with 

 a rifle and you will soon learn the difference be- 

 tween the two methods of hunting; and you will, 

 in all probability, agree with me when I say that 

 for the display of all the skill and ingenuity, cool- 

 ness and patience, that one may possess there is 

 no comparison between the use of a gun and a 



