Photo by Geoi-ge Shiras, 3rd 

 A porcupine: FIRKS THK FI.ASHLIGHT 



Attracted by a bone saturated with salt water, a big, black "porky" is shown pulling on the 



string (see page 779) 



glimmer of the lantern light, reflected 

 like balls of fire in the eyes of the sus- 

 picious deer. And then sometimes the 

 novice, seeing the momentary glow of a 

 firefly or the glistening dewdrop on the 

 reeds, imagines he sees a shadowy form 

 and fires at the apparition. When, how- 

 ever, the blue, translucent glow of the 

 watching eyes appear, and the approach- 

 ing gray form grows into the graceful 

 image of a deer, the time has come when 

 the gun or flashlight breaks in on the 

 stillness of the night and the implement 



used determines whether one prefers the 

 bloody carcass and its transient use or a 

 picture that will live long after the pur- 

 sued and the pursuer have passed away. 

 In the first use of the hand flashlight 

 I met with many adventures and much 

 ill-success, due to the slow magnesium 

 powder then manufactured and the still 

 slower means of ignition — methods that 

 were fairly satisfactory for interior pic- 

 tures, but useless on damp or windy 

 nights, when the flash had to be fired the 

 instant the deer came in focus and with 



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