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reached the head of lyong Falls, and as we were about to land our 

 canoe, we saw on the bank, near the camp, four deer lying on the 

 ground, left by sportsmen, and it was then that we w^ere first intro- 

 duced to the Canada Jay (^Perisorciis canadensis) (L,inn.), for several 

 were hanging around the dead deer. As we approached they 

 skulked off into the dense growth of spruce and firs. 



After getting dinner at the camp, we carried our canoe and 

 packs by the lyong Falls. We saw a fresh moose track in the tote 

 road, but did not see his lordship. After putting our canoe into 

 the river at the foot of the falls, we proceeded down to the dam. 

 A few Bluebirds were seen on the telephone wires at the Jewett 

 farm, and an occasional Winter Wren was seen or heard along the 

 banks as we wended our way down the smooth surface of the river. 



Fresh works of the beaver were very frequently seen, and now 

 and then some would glide noiselessly around a turn in the river. 

 We came on to a beaver, who, when he saw us, flapped his tail 

 vigorously on the water and down beneath the surface he very 

 quickly disappeared, spattering the water high in the air as he 

 flapped his tail, thus making a noise that would startle one. It 

 sounding as loud as though someone threw a large stone from the 

 bank into the water. While the beaver does not belong to class 

 aves, yet to me it was one of the most interesting animals that I 

 came in contact with while in that region. Our guide took us to 

 several completed dams, and I was surprised at the number of 

 beavers that were living along the river, and also at the cunning 

 ingenuity of such animals. These dams were very nicely made and 

 very effective. One dam, the guide told us, probably flowed eighty 

 acres of land, l^ut none of the lagoons that were flowed back, so far 

 as we could learn, did any damage to the timber land. There were 

 large houses there, too, with logs and limbs thickly strewn in front 

 of their hut, presumably for a platform for the inmates to climb up 

 on out of the water, where they could stay and sun themselves. 

 We saw quantities of poplar trees that they had gnawed off and that 

 had fallen over into the river. They cut them up into sections 

 and float them to where they want them. Then they sink them 



