. Review of reviews and world's work. , with the advice andassistance of some experienced friend, studyingone of the many booklets of simple go hunting with the camera, taking thegun too if one must. Photograph the hauntsof the game,—a selected bit of scenery, a forestglade, a wooded lake, a rocky gorge, a lonelytrail, a fine tree, the scenes at camp, and the like. Next, work on the nests of birds, or uponyoung birds or animals, all of which requiregenuine hunting to discover, but which, whenfound, cannot escape,.and yet can do many an-noying things to l)affle the attempt to ob
. Review of reviews and world's work. , with the advice andassistance of some experienced friend, studyingone of the many booklets of simple go hunting with the camera, taking thegun too if one must. Photograph the hauntsof the game,—a selected bit of scenery, a forestglade, a wooded lake, a rocky gorge, a lonelytrail, a fine tree, the scenes at camp, and the like. Next, work on the nests of birds, or uponyoung birds or animals, all of which requiregenuine hunting to discover, but which, whenfound, cannot escape,.and yet can do many an-noying things to l)affle the attempt to obtaintheir pictures. And here comes in one great ad-vantage of this new hunting,—that it is neverout of season. Hunting with shotgun or rifle isa sport only for autumn or, m a small degree, forwinter, whereas thei-e are no times nor seasonsnor laws to restrict hunting with the camera,Spring is no less delightful a season than autumnto be afield ; proljably to most people it is moreso. But spring and early summer,—the 1 )reeding-. KITTIWAKES, NESTING ON THE CI,IFF OF UIKL) K(HK,GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE. (Taken by tlie photoyraphor boins lowered over the cliff.) BIRD-HUNTING IVITH THE CAMERA. 435 season of animals and birds, wlien they aretamest and return persistently to a home center,—afford the very Lest opportunities, though thereis also hunting for the whole year. One maythus spread the years sport over all the seasons,keep in good physical condition by not refrain-ing for long periodsfrom proper outdoorexercise, and find ineach season its ownspecial delight. Another great ad-vantage is that gamefor the camera is farmore abundant thanthat for the gun. Onlya few kinds of birds ormammals are naturallyor legally available asgame, and many ofthese are becoming-very scarce in most lo-calities. AVhere, forinstance, are the wood-cock of our youngerdays ? On the otherhand, every livingthing is proper gamefor the camera sports-man, and the wholefield of wild life isopen to him—o
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