. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ON THE ON THE ROCKS. 35(i Animal Life a powerful deer-stalking telescope, andextension for use with a long-distance I remember having an amusing day with my camera stalking seals in the OuterHebrides. It was a comparatively calm September morning, with plenty of light—anideal day for stalking and photographing these wary animals. A five-mile walk fromthe shooting-lodge brought me to a series of narrow creeks full of low-lying rocksand innumerable little islands, many of which could be reached from the mainland atlo


. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ON THE ON THE ROCKS. 35(i Animal Life a powerful deer-stalking telescope, andextension for use with a long-distance I remember having an amusing day with my camera stalking seals in the OuterHebrides. It was a comparatively calm September morning, with plenty of light—anideal day for stalking and photographing these wary animals. A five-mile walk fromthe shooting-lodge brought me to a series of narrow creeks full of low-lying rocksand innumerable little islands, many of which could be reached from the mainland atlow tide. The tide was about half out when I reached the top of a hill overlookingthe first of these creeks. I had with mecarried a half-plate camera fitted with a lon^lens. This apparatus can be got ready for immediate work in a much shorter spaceof time than a camera with a telephoto lens. The latter would, no doubt, give betterresults if it were less bulky and more practicable for stalking on uneven ground afterwild animals. In the first creek I could see no signs of a seal, and


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