I'hoto by George Shiras, 31 d 



'rHE:N CAMK A LIGHT-COLORKD PORCUPINK (SE^E PAGE: 779) 



This animal was of a yellowish-white hue and may have been a descendant of the 

 albino porcupine described by the author at length in a previous issue (see Nationai, Geo- 

 graphic Magazine, June, 1911. 



the same quickness as a gun. Some deer 

 ran away just when I ignited the pow- 

 der, and others staring at the lantern 

 light gave a convulsive movement of the 

 head the instant the slow powder ex- 

 ploded, so that all such pictures were 

 worthless, though I thoroughly enjoyed 

 the effort of getting within 25 feet of a 

 feeding deer and the excitement both 

 aboard the canoe and on shore when the 

 spluttering flash went off. 



Gradually I constructed an apparatus 

 that could be fired with ease and cer- 



tainty, and as the speed of the powder 

 was improved all difficulty vanished in 

 getting night pictures from a canoe. 



mm THAT TOOK THE:iR own pictures 



AT NIGHT (see pp. 767-768) 



The white-tail deer, unlike moose and 

 elk, will rarely face a jack-light again at 

 close range when once it has been shot 

 at with a gun or flashlight, for it associ- 

 ates the explosion in either case with the 

 innocent lantern, and when this light is 

 once more seen approaching across the 



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