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While with the latter method better pictures 

 can probably be obtained with less danger to the 

 operator, the former has more of the element of 

 excitement in it and adds the pleasures of a stern 

 chase to those of photographing, and this, to any 

 one of true sportsman proclivities, counts as not 

 the least of the reasons for huntino;. 



Photographs of the Rocky Mountain sheep are 

 very scarce, but such as have been taken are ex- 

 ceedingly interesting. Owing to the extreme 

 shyness of the animals and the almost inaccessible 

 places which they frequent, they are difficult to 

 approach to within even the distance of a rifle- 

 shot, but by the use of the high-power telephoto 

 lens good pictures of them may be obtained by 

 patience and perseverance. 



Bears, in their absolute wild state, are prob- 

 ably the most difificult of any of the wild animals 

 to photograph ; but in the Yellowstone Park they 

 can be closely approached without danger, for, ow- 

 ing to the fact that all the animals in this place 

 are most carefully protected and shooting not al- 

 lowed, they have no fear of man, and, fortunately, 

 while guns of any sort are prohibited in the park, 

 cameras are not, and one may hunt with them to 

 his heart's desire. 



In work on the large animals, necessitating, as 

 it does, long trips afield, I should not advise the 

 use of the orthochromatic plates, for, although 



