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which I had not noticed, swallowed a length of string, 

 and then, finding some discomfort, bolted, pulling 

 everything over into confusion. I thus had a rather 

 serious affair at one end of my connection, and what 

 might be likened to a very large fish at the other. 

 Bird photographers after all are only human, and I 

 could not endure all this, so I packed up and left the 

 horses and birds to themselves. 



When I first introduced this electric release, many 

 of our best-known bird photographers rather scoffed 

 at the idea, yet now I notice that most, if not all, 

 are using it successfully, either for night or day 

 photography. In my book Woodland, Field, and 

 Shore, I mentioned that a firm at Enfield were 

 the makers. I did try to get one made there, 

 but it did not at all meet with my requirements. 

 Now, however, Messrs. Graham Brothers, of the same 

 town, have made to my order a perfect release, which 

 is quite separate from the shutter, and need not be 

 fastened on to the camera. It works with a dry 

 battery, and is altogether a great advance and im- 

 provement on that first introduced. Messrs. Graham 

 Brothers are now making these, also another some- 

 what similar, which is fastened on to the shutter. 

 For the benefit of photographers who are wanting a 

 thoroughly reliable electric release I cannot do better 

 than recommend this. The cost, with twenty-five 

 yards of wire, is 25^. For those who have not much 



