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Photo by George Shiras, 3rd 



this flashlight shows the: cheese at the End of the string, and was taken 



within a few feet of the water 



After a careful inspection of the ani- 

 mal the trip was continued to camp, as 

 it was then too dark for an instantaneous 

 daylight picture and too light for a flash- 

 light. Finishing a hurried meal, we re- 

 turned for a flashlight picture, and as 

 the moon was full that night there was 

 no need of using a lantern. Reaching 

 the locality, we found that the moon was 

 up, and directly opposite, so that its rays 

 penetrated beneath the overhanging 

 bushes. But not a sight or a sound of 

 the animal. 



Slowly the canoe passed along, and at 

 a point about 75 yards south of where 

 we had last seen it the soft, crooning 

 notes of a porcupine were heard back 

 some distance in the bushes, but as the 

 night was warm and this locality much 



frequented by porcupines it might not 

 be the one we were looking for. After 

 waiting some 10 minutes the bushes 

 slowly parted, and out walked the ani- 

 mal in full view. 



As it stood broadside and was in the 

 act of raising a mouthful of food, I fired 

 the flash (see page 574) ; and although 

 the little circle was filled with a dazzling 

 light, equalling that of the sun, and 

 much more pronounced in contrast with 

 the evening light, the animal did not 

 even raise its head, but went on feeding. 

 The plate-holders were reversed, the 

 flash reloaded, and a moment later the 

 animal was pictured when walking 

 toward the deeper water on a half-sub- 

 merged log. 



This time the flash made a consider- 



