Mar., 1890. photographic survey of Warwickshire. 
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haunts, and so to secure pictures which shall surpass the 
best efforts of the taxidermist. 
Methods of Conducting the Photographic' Survey of a 
District. 
There are several ways in which the photographic survey 
of any district may be carried out. 
I. —First we have what mav be called the “no method.” 
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Each member of the society or body by which the survey is 
to be carried out wanders at will over the district, photo¬ 
graphing whatever pleases his eye, and sending in his 
negatives or prints to the managing committee. It is not 
necessary to point out the demerits of such a scheme. 
II. —If there is any good, modern, and tolerably cheap 
county history in existence, it might well furnish the ground¬ 
work for a general photo-survey. Lists of all the places and 
objects named in its pages should be drawn up, and grouped 
according to locality; each division being then allotted to 
those workers who have volunteered their services. For 
Warwickshire the recent publication of an admirable County 
History,* by Mr. Sam Timmins, offers a capital opportunity, 
the more especially as the book itself contains no illustra¬ 
tions. Any member who wishes to form a very valuable 
and interesting volume can do so by pulling Mr. Timmins’s 
book to pieces (which is just what its reviewers have not 
done), interleaving it with a series of illustrations such 
as I have suggested, and then having it rebound. 
III. —But for an exhaustive plioto-survey of Warwick¬ 
shire, or of any other district, I believe the plan must be 
based upon a large-scale and accurate map ; and we must go 
to Nature herself for our illustrations. Fortunately we are 
now provided with a map or maps (the work of the Govern¬ 
ment Ordnance Survey), which are in every respect admirable. 
( a .) The Old One-Inch Ordnance Map.— Warwickshire 
was mapped on the scale of one inch to one mile as long ago 
as 1830. This map is sold in “ quarter sheets ” at one 
shilling each, each quarter sheet including about 160 square 
miles. The entire county on this scale makes a map 59in. 
by 42in., which is sold in sheets for 17s. 6d. 
(b.) The New One-Inch Ordnance Map.— The map de¬ 
scribed in the last paragraph is now, in some respects, out of 
date. But a new one-inch map is being prepared (by reduction 
from the six-inch map) which will be a great improvement. 
* Published by Elliot Stock, price 7s. 6d. 
