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Lad both been moved away, and his heart sank 

 within him. Luckily, a close search revealed 

 them, as shown in our illustration, but about a 

 dozen yards away from the original spot. Of 

 course, the tuft of grass was opened out so as to 

 show the animals. As an instance of what may 

 be done in this not inaptly-termed journalistic 

 kind of photography, my brother was back with a 

 negative for my inspection in the City between four 

 and five o'clock, although he had journeyed to 

 and from Elstree by train, and walked an aggre- 

 gate of at least six miles. 



Babbits are probably the easiest British wild 

 mammals we have to make photographic studies 

 of, and are wonderfully interesting creatures to 

 observe. I have lain for hours together on a 

 summer's evening watching them play round their 

 burrows in the ruddy glow of the sinking sun. 

 Their gambols are infinitely pleasing. A more 

 than ordinarily frolicsome young bunny will at 

 times, as if in sheer mischief, jump right over the 

 back of another of a more sedate character. I fear 

 I must plead guilty to having often given rabbits 

 a bad fright. I have gone and lain in a dry 

 ditch close to a wood swarming with them of an 

 afternoon, and when fifty or sixty got out into a 

 field close beside me, I have squealed out in 

 imitation of one being killed just to see them 

 bound away. 



It is a great piece of fun to steal quietly up 



