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National Geographic : 1908 Jun
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE DAYLIGHT: COW MOOSE PHOTOGRAPHED AT EIGHT FEET FROM BLIND Drinking quarts of saline-sulphur water at a New Brunswick natural lick; dark afternoon; one-second exposure the twenty-five feet, at which the cameras were focused. Then a great flash, a heavy boom and all was silent for a moment as the smoke of the magnesium powder drifted away. By this time both paddles were in the water, and we were preparing for the worst. Yet there he stood, his jaws now silent-the picture of what-anger or fear? Before the question could be answered, down went the great head with a splash beneath the muddy surface. Was he going to turn himself into a submarine boat and spike us from below? No; he was simply engaged in pulling up another succulent lily root for his supper, satis fied that the little jacklight, behind which nothing could be seen, was but a trifling,, insignificant thing, while the bright flash and the boom was a rather weak sort of a thunder storm. Reloading the flash, reversing the plate holder, and waiting until the head 414
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