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of the cold streams where we caught them. It would not be 

 proper in a serious pamphlet like this one to tell how good they 

 tasted. The party naturally expected to endure some hardships 

 and privations. We walked several hundred miles, and slept 

 with no tent for three months on the ground; but we didn't find 

 any real hardships, unless it was one hungry afternoon when a 

 meek, mild mule strolled innocently into camp, and ate everything 

 in sight except the dishes and the yellow washing soap. 



The photographic equipment included a 5x7 camera, the 

 Pony Premo No. 6, with twelve holders in heavy sole leather 

 boxes, a liberal supply of non-halation plates, and a ruby lamp, 

 also background's of cloth and paper. Since we developed many 

 negatives in camp, and washed them in the nearest creek, some 

 description of our methods may prove interesting. The develop- 

 ing was done at night, of course, and in an improvised tent 

 formed by setting up the tripod on a bed canvas, and covering it 

 with a blanket held in place at the corners by the pointed tripod 

 legs and some stones. In this tent the photographer lay flat on 

 his stomach, with half of him shivering in the dewy night, while 

 his head and shoulders sweltered under the blankets. The 

 method is better than it sounds, for with trays made ot plate boxes 

 soaked in paraffine and Seed's Eiko- Hydro powder dissolved in a 

 tin cup, one may do good work if he doesn't mind small discom- 

 forts. 



The background we intended to use consisted of two sheets 

 of cloth sewed together, black on one side and white on the other. 

 These were stretched on cords, and held in an upright position by 

 strong stakes driven into the ground. This piece of apparatus 

 had side wings and a top wing held in place by ropes and tent 

 pins, and it was altogether too complicated for any practical use. 

 Our really useful backgrounds were simply sheets of black vel- 

 veteen and of white cotton cloth. These we tacked to the bark 

 of smooth pine trees and pinned the plants up against them; or 

 one of us held up the cloth behind the living plant, which the 

 other fellow photographed. 



Our plant-collecting outfit consisted of an oblong tin box for 

 fresh specimens and a pick to dig them with, also some simple 

 presses with blotters and papers, between which the plants were 



