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its owner away with us to the cage and we shall 

 need no other accessories. 



Beaver are not difficult to photograph if we can 

 find one of their villages, but they are rapidly 

 diminishing in numbers and bid fair soon to be- 

 come extinct. 



The first and the final word of advice which I 

 have to give is : know your subjects. Otherwise 

 the difficulties will be increased tenfold and many 

 opportunities will be entirely lost. 



