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of subjects that they are required for, and it is seldom 

 that the sportsman need carry other than ordinary 

 " speedy " or " extra speedy," which will serve nearly 

 all his purposes, though he might carry a few backed 

 plates if he foresees any chance of securing photos of 

 native carvings or drawings. 



Developing. — The developing of the negatives is 

 always the most serious point for the sportsman- 

 photographer, as not only has he seldom or never a 

 dark room at his disposal, but it is a matter that 

 involves time and care, and it also often happens that 

 he cannot obtain water sufficiently cool for the purpose. 



If the operator has had sufficient practice to know 

 what the results of the photographs will be like, and 

 they are taken in dry weather and in a dry climate, 

 they can with almost certain safety be repacked in 

 their tins and sealed and not developed till the return 

 to civilization and even to England. 



But if he is not practised he will have to do some 

 developing, at least in the beginning, to be sure that 

 he is taking exactly what he wants and that the 

 exposure is correct. For this purpose he cannot do 

 better than invest in a daylight developing machine 

 and follow carefully the directions given with the 

 machine and use the special developers supplied for 

 each make. 



For the developing he will require a developer, fixer, 

 and in any warm climate alum for hardening the 

 gelatine on the plates (if these are used). 



