re to be filled with photo-engravings, showing
the pretty spots in the mountains, and also pictures of the animals
and fish a sportsman can get."

"And does your father want us to get the photographs?" asked Snap.

"That's it---if we care to do it. He can't go out, and neither can
those other men, and they don't know who to get. Of course, they
could hire a professional photographer, but he would only take
scenery, most likely, while what my father wants particularly is
pictures of good hunting and fishing, and pictures of real camp
life. He thinks we are just the boys to get the right kind of
pictures-----"

"So we are, if we had the right kind of cameras," broke in Whopper.

"Yes; give me a high-class camera and plenty of films or plates,
and I'll take all the photos he wants," added Snap.

"I haven't got to the end of my story yet," resumed the doctor's
son. "Father knows that the pictures---I mean the right kind---will
be worth money, and so he said, if we'd go out, and do the very best
we could about getting the photos, he would furnish the cameras and
plates, and would pay all the expenses of the trip."

"Whoop! hurrah! that suits me down to the ground!" cried Whopper.
"Let's start to-morrow---no, this afternoon!"

"Offer accepted with pleasure," came from Giant.

"Do you really think we can get the photographs your father wants,
Shep?" asked Snap. "It wouldn't be fair to take the offer up and
then disappoint him."

"He thinks we can do it. He says he will get us the proper outfit,
and before we start he'll have a professional photographer, who has
made a study of landscapes, give us pointers on how to get the best
results. He knows we can take pretty good pictures already."

"In that case, I say, let us accept the offer, by all means,"
answered Snap.

"How soon can we start?" demanded Whopper.

"I asked my father that, and he said most likely by next Monday. He
will want to give us all some instructions before we leave. And he
wants us to read this book," and Shep drew a small volume from his
pocket.

"What is it?"

"A book on how to take the best photographs of wild animals."

"Humph! It's easy to get a picture---if you can find the animal,"
was Whopper's comment.

"This tells how to get a picture if you can't find the animal."

"What!"

"Exactly. Here are diagrams showing how to rig up a camera and a
flashlight, so that if the animal comes along in the dark and shoves
a certa