Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . andthe flighty. Nor till theeighties, when I had beenwell established in Wishaw,could I command leisure to takethe field in earnest in quest ofmy favorite subjects. In pui--suit of these many long jour-neys were undertaken, some-times to the most out-of-the-way places in the business as an animal By CHARLES REID photogi-apher has been of a dual character consistingof portraits taken to order, and pictures taken with aview to publication. -In dealing with the former thewishes of owners are paramoant; v/hile in regard tothe latter and more e
Farmer's magazine (January-December 1920) . andthe flighty. Nor till theeighties, when I had beenwell established in Wishaw,could I command leisure to takethe field in earnest in quest ofmy favorite subjects. In pui--suit of these many long jour-neys were undertaken, some-times to the most out-of-the-way places in the business as an animal By CHARLES REID photogi-apher has been of a dual character consistingof portraits taken to order, and pictures taken with aview to publication. -In dealing with the former thewishes of owners are paramoant; v/hile in regard tothe latter and more engrossing subjects there is norestriction in choice and treatment. Hero lay a wide? and untrodden field of adventure, replete with variety,besides bearing the charm of novelty. In such field the pioneer could wander at his ownsweet will, attracted by the countless forms of birdand beast; whether living under the control of inanor in absolute freedom in their natural many years I spent a considerable time in. Willow warblers. studying the manner m which different creaturesspend their lives, and the mood—the sympatheticmood—in which I have -tried to approach the morewild and elusive inhabitants of the earth and air hasresulted in a certain insight as to their charactci,habits, and behaviour—an insight that can only begained by close application and wide experience. Fortunately, my intercourse with the lower crea-tion has been mostly of a pacific nature. Half acentury has passed since I fired my last shot andlaid aside the gun. In my happy hunting grounds nomore deadly weapons have been employed than thefield-glass and camera; bur these have enabled me
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