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...seen on a canoe trip down the Tobique and Nepisquett rivers. The pictures showed moose and deer taken by surprise in the shallows of the river where they had come at night to feed. One of the most remarkable pictures was that of a huge bull moose photographed by flashlight within fifteen feet of the camera. Mr. Underwood also showed photographs of deer, partridges, loons, and other animals seldom seen except in the wildest places. According to reports of guides who have hunted for years, game hunting with a camera is decidedly more exciting and interesting than hunting with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNION LECTURE ON HUNTING | 12/20/1911 | See Source »

...deliver an illustrated lecture on "Hunting with Canoe and Camera in the Woods of New Brunswick" in the Living Room of the Union tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock. Mr. Underwood will illustrate his lecture with slides of wild animals in their native haunts, many of them photographed by flashlight. The lecture will be open to members of the Union only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NINTH LECTURE ON FRANCE | 12/18/1911 | See Source »

...lions. One night after the latter had obtained several fine specimens, a stockade was built and a dead antelope placed nearby as a decoy. On this carcass Coolidge arranged a camera with a string attached to the shutter and then waited inside the stockade. He had taken two splendid flashlight pictures of lionesses and was rearranging the camera when a large lion charged him. He ran and dove through the door of the enclosure. Next morning the lion's tracks were discovered only four feet from the entrance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LION-HUNTING EXPERIENCES | 1/12/1911 | See Source »

...which the lecturers traveled, the different tribes of natives, and specimens of wild animals. Coolidge obtained several photographs of beasts of prey at night with a special camera which he invented for the purpose. He put a string across the animal's path and when it was touched a flashlight was set off which at the same time released the shutter on a camera, placed in an advantageous position. In this way pictures were obtained which it would have been impossible to get in the ordinary manner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNION LECTURE ON AFRICA | 1/11/1911 | See Source »

...devoted the rest of his lecture to the grizzly and his habits. Contrary to the general notion the grizzly is timid and way, and all his movements are governed by extreme caution. He has taken many photographs of them, however, by means of the telephoto lens, and by the flashlight cartridge, which the bear operates himself by touching a wire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GRIZZLY BEAR | 2/20/1907 | See Source »

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