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THE NATION' AT, OKOORAPIITC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by George Shiras, jd 



A LARGE MINK TAKES ITS OWN PICTURE AT NIGHT 



This is a representation of the animal that took, on a number of successive days, a victim 

 from among the white ducks in the swimming- pool, Whiterish Lake (see page 190). 



ployed to hunt the animal. Taking up 

 the trail in the snow, it was followed con- 

 tinually in the daytime for four days, 

 when the animal was slightly wounded, 

 which only increased its watchfulness. 



At the end of nearly two weeks, with 

 relays following it all day and sometimes 

 at night with lanterns, the wolf was 

 finally killed. With the wages paid and 

 the loss of deer destroyed by this single 

 animal the cost was estimated at $1,500. 



That an animal on an island, where it 

 could be readily followed in the snow, 

 was able to escape such a number of ex- 

 perienced hunters during this length of 

 time shows how hopeless would be a sim- 

 ilar pursuit on the main shore, where the 

 avenues of escape are infinitely greater. 



In the past fifteen years the coyote un- 

 expectedly appeared in northern Wiscon- 

 sin and Michigan, coming from Minne- 

 sota. It has since become very numerous, 

 feeding on rabbits and killing many 



young deer, besides threatening the sheep 

 introduced in the cut-over lands. 



Some twenty of these animals have al- 

 ready been trapped on Grand Island, a 

 game preserve described in subsequent 

 pages, and many are taken each year to 

 the mainland. In weight they exceed 

 those of the prairies, evidently respond- 

 ing to the heavily wooded area and the 

 nature of their prey. 



CHAPTER VII 



USE OP THE CAMERA IN THE DAYTIME 



In previous issues of this Magazine" I 

 have described with considerable detail 



* See, in the National Geographic Maga- 

 zine, "Wild Animals that Took Their Own 

 Pictures by Day and by Night," July, 1913 ; 

 "A Flashlight Story of an Albino Porcupine 

 and of a Cunning but Unfortunate Coon." 

 June, iqii; "One Season's Game-bag with the 

 Camera." June, 1908, and "Photographing Wild 

 Game with Flashlight and Camera," July, 1906. 



