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sufficiently near for our purpose, and if its height 

 from the ground is not too great, the ladder may 

 by the help of a few guy-ropes be reared up 

 vertically beside it. This plan is only to be 

 attempted as a last resource, for a ladder is rather 

 difficult to fix firmly in this position, and is 

 moreover far from pleasant to work on. Its only 

 merit, but that a real one, is that it may put 

 within our reach pictures quite unattainable 

 without its aid. 



This tree work is perhaps the most enjoyable of 

 any, calling for much ingenuity and activity ; it is, 

 however, often a lengthy business, and hurry is as 

 much to be avoided in this as in other branches 

 of the art. 



Getting the Camera Up. 



When ascending trees it is a sound plan to leave 

 the camera in its case with the legs tied thereto at 

 the tree-foot, and climb up with a stout line, 

 one end of which has been made fast to the case. 

 It saves much trouble later on, if on the way up- 

 wards you keep to that side of the tree having 

 fewest branches, breaking off all rotten snags, and 

 keeping the course as vertical as possible. 



Arrived in the neighbourhood of the nest, you 

 can tie the end of the line to a convenient limb 

 until again required, for it only gets it tangled 

 to drag it in and out of the branches as you climb 



