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beat ” and quite exhausted. However, I met a “ good Samaritan” in the Rev. Harry Jones, of London. This gentleman had just procured a jug of hot water from a workman’s hut, and now proceeded to brew a refreshing beverage from some good tea that he had brought with him, and with “ the cup that cheers, but not inebriates,” he came to the rescue. This was a treat indeed, as all the so-called “tea” that I had tasted since we quitted Toronto might have been merely an infusion of prairie grass or forest leaves. Talk about “ Manna in the Wilderness,” with the rev. gentleman’s tea, and some biscuits I had, I made a very welcome and no less capital meal. My next anxiety was to repair my camera, as we were to have a number of Indians to meet us at Gleichen, and I wished particularly to get a photo of them. A few small screws would now have been invaluable, but “ Necessity, the mother of Invention,” prompted me to make wood pins answer, and having preserved from the wreck one piece of the ground glass, I resolved upon an attempt, even under such disadvantageous circumstances. But, having no lamp, I prevailed upon one of the car conductors to empty one of the linen presses in the car, and lock me in whilst I changed my plates in the gloomy recesses of this improvised “darkroom,” the inside measurement of which was 2 feet G inches square. In such an area, the poet’s “ ample room, and verge enough,” would not be so applicable as his “ cribb’d, cabin’d, and confin’d,” but the limited accommodation sufficed. We commenced our return journey the same evening, and on arriving at Gleichen we were to be met by the great Indian chief, Crowfoot,with his three wives, and a fewothers of the tribe. They were duly at the station, but the morning was very unfavour able for the work on hand, and I immediately requisitioned a piece of wood that was lying about handy, and getting a friend to steady my camera, I exposed two plates, and considering that I had to focus partly by guess-work, the plates have come out very well. A short time afterwards a number of other chiefs came riding up from the prairie, and with the aid of an old box to place my camera on, I took a drop-shutter exposure which, considering the little light we had, and other disadvantages I laboured under, has come out pretty well. Before leaving here, and whilst the chief, Crowfoot, and his wives were being interviewed by the scientists, I took out my pocket scissors and cut a lock of hair from the head of one of Crow foot’s wives, as a memento of my visit. It is not exactly one of Beauty’s curls, being straight and coarse, and could surely be no love-lock, even to the most romantic lover, if such an animal survives, for “ the noble savage ” has miserably degenerated, and more unlikely subjects to “inspire the tender passion,” or to make the wigwam ring with strains of love, than the Indian women are, cannot be imagined. My next attempt with the camera was to have been at Medicine Hat, where 200 Indians were assembled by appointment at four o’clock, but they waited until five o’clock, and then, losing patience, departed. It was seven o’clock befoie we arrived, and I was, perhaps, more dis appointed than the Indians, as this was a picture the like of which might never be to be had again. During our short stay on the plains of Regina, near to the barracks, where the Dominion mounted police are stationed, Mr. Egan, the engineer of the Canadian and Pacific Railway, expressed a wish to have a photo of the train on the prairie, as it was the first time that they had ever had so many Pullman cars together, so far across the prairie, and I was anxious to oblige him. Whilst the rest of the party were inspecting the barracks, I perceived, a short distance off, some Indian wigwams, and, thinking that an Indian or two would render the picture more interesting, I prevailed upon two squaws to come down, and with the car conductors it certainly made the picture more lively. But one of the squaws turned away, “ shied ”—not that she was at all shy, hut timid, imagining, perhaps, that the instrument was about to go off, so this unattractive specimen of human depravity is more unrecognisable in this photo than she otherwise would have been. On arriving at Winnipeg, my first business was to recover my lost luggage, which I found all right at the station. Here I stayed for a couple of days’ rest, and to repair my camera. To my great satisfaction I succeeded in obtaining some small screws at a gunsmith’s shop, as well as a new ground glass at a store, and here also I got the two negatives of the train on the prairie developed at a photographer’s. Oae gratifying remembrance of my journeyings is, that the professional photographers were always pleased and willing to allow me the use of their rooms, and to develop a plate or two for me free of charge. Having resolved to go to Yellowstone Park, I did nothing more with my camera until I arrived there, afraid lest I should not have plates enough for the rest of my journey. (To be continued.) Uorrespondence. LANTERN SLIDES AT THE EXHIBITION. Sir,—Will you allow me to correct the misunderstanding which still exists on this subject? Last year Mr. Gale exhibited on the table a certain num ber of slides. At the close of the Exhibition one of his slides had disappeared, and was not recovered. It was in consequence of this that he requested this year that his box of slides should be kept in charge of the Secre tary, and not left on the table. They were therefore also omitted from the catalogue, and for this omission the Exe cutive of the Society are alone responsible. The matter was fully discussed at the last meeting of the Council, and it was decided that the Hanging Committee were justified in acceding to Mr. Gale’s request that the slides should be kept in charge of the Secretary ; that the slides ought nevertheless t» have been described in the catalogue ; but that they were not thereby disqualified from competition for the medal.—I am, sir, youis faithfully, W. F. Donkin, Hon. Sec. Photographic Society of Great Hritain. A SOCIETY JOURNAL ON PHOTOGRAPHY. Sie,—You generally keep us au courant as to new pro cesses in photography; but you seem to be out of it altogether this time, as in Vanity Fair of December 20th, page 397, it is stated that it is only necessary to put the exposed plate before a red lamp on going to bed, and on awaking in the morning you will find it sufficiently deve loped. It seems necessary to buy the apparatus at a certain shop ; but a two-guinea set and four lessons seem to be considered enough to make a photographer ; anyhow, this is the view of the peison to whom Vanity Fair has intrusted the task of inventing an altogether new photo graphic method.—Your obedient servant, R. G. REPRODUCTION OF SHAKESPEARIAN RECORDS. Siu,—Among the “Notes”in last week’s Photographic News is a reference to the photographing of certain docu ments in Shakespeare’s birth-place at Stratford-on-Avon. As the writer’s remarks are calculated to convey an erroneous impression of the matter, may we ask the favour of space for a few words on the subject? Dr. Ingleby has not given up the attempt to autotype the documents in question, as will be apparent from the following facts. 'The record committee of the town council, having made arrange ments by which we, being on the spot, and having special facilities for such work, are at the present time carrying out, with perfect success and satisfaction, the reproduction of the documents alluded to. We may also mention the fact, that those for Mr. Halliwell Phillips were similarly photo graphed by us some months ago quite successfully. — We are, sir, yours obediently, C. W. Smartt and Son. 2roceedings of Stieties. PHOTOGRAPIIIC Society of Great Britain. A technical meeting was held in the small room attached to the Gallery, 5a, Pall Mall East, on Tuesday, the 23rd of Decem ber, Colonel Stuart WoRTLEY in the chair. Mr. Sebastian Davis exhibited a 50-candle power Sugg’s gas burner—a kind of double argand with two concentric circles of flame—and suggested that perhaps it might be useful as a source