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A FLYING TRIP TO THE TROPICS. 



their return. The red snapper figured on page 148 is from a 

 photograph taken as described above. That this method is also 

 appHcable to fish without scales, the figure o£ a sculpin will show, 

 and that the comparative value of the illustration can be judged, I 

 give also a wood-cut of a sculpin, from a popular work on natural 

 history. 



Crustacea may be treated in the same manner as fish, and the 



results are equally 

 I - as satisfactory. 



The various crabs 

 found along our 

 coast are good sub- 

 jects upon which 

 to work. 



Some insects 

 may be successfully 

 photographed ; but 

 here the question 

 of color is so diffi- 

 cult to deal with that one must be an expert before he can count 

 upon the result. The black and yellow butterflies especially are 

 disappointing to handle. What I have said of birds applies with 

 even more force to animals, and to a less degree to reptiles. The 

 colors of snakes and of terrapin are lost, and of the other reptiles, 

 it is indeed rarely that one can be gotten to take a good attitude, 

 and hold it long enough for a good picture. 



LOBSTEK. 



