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WILD NATURE'S WAYS. 



easier 



from aesthetic 

 reasons, and 

 partly because 

 their diurnal 

 habits render 

 the acquire- 

 ment of know- 

 ledge in re- 

 gard to them 

 and pleasanter 

 than in the case of 



<^R&$p r some of the other 



^^/ classes of subjects 



enumerated. They are 

 not by any means so 

 easy to photograph, 

 however, during fine, 

 sunny days, when they 



are full of playful flittings from flower to flower, 

 as might at first sight appear. In order to secure 

 a picture of a large white specimen, my brother 

 watched the behaviour of a number one fine sum- 

 mer's day until he thought he had succeeded in de- 

 tecting a favourite piece of wild thyme for them to 

 alight upon. Focussing this, he put a plate into posi- 

 tion, and attaching his pneumatic tube, stood as far 

 away as it would reach, but alas ! as soon as ever 

 the recording eye of the camera was fixed on the 

 flower, the butterflies took a fancy to another 



WHITE BUTTERFLY ON THYME. 



