Photography, even cinema-photography of wild animals, is weaning a good
many people from the gun ; and all have had—in the Times and elsewhere—some gorgeous examples of their art. But a great many animals remain unphoto- graphed ,; and in this sphere are new worlds to conquer. One of the most memorable expeditions in my own life was a journey into the Canadian Selkirks (undertaken at the instance of the C.P.R.) to photograph the Grizzly. It was not iffogether difficult to come within shooting distance of
the ; but photography was a very different question. Has anyone- ever yet succeeded in taking a " close-Up " of a real Grizzly ?. What a picture it 'would make if you could catch this -great bear at his favourite game of flinging rocks abotit; while he scratched his way into the burrows of the engaging Gophirs ! What powers those pits of his suggest !
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