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Nature Portraits 
A WEASEL 
By W. E. Carlin 
(This very shy animal has probably never been successfully photographed before, and the portrait represents a hard day’s work) 
technical knowledge, but it embraces all the human sympathies. It is the 
outcome of the study of objects and phenomena. The first product of this 
nature-knowledge was scientific literature. The second is the lucid resource- 
ful nature- writing of the present day. 
The awakening interest in the nature-world is strongly reflected in the 
By W. E. Carlin 
POCKET GOPHER 
It was necessary to dig 67 feet along the fellow’s tunnel before his picture 
could be made) 
game laws, — for these laws are only 
an imperfect expression of the grow- 
ing desire to let everything live its 
own life. It is gratifying that a 
prominent place in the discussions for 
good game laws is taken by sports- 
men themselves. 
Another expression of this grow- 
ing sympathy is exhibited in the 
reservation of certain areas in which 
animals are to he unmolested. It is 
a most significant fact that while 
many country regions are practically 
shot clean of animal life, sometimes 
