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'"Hist I the alarm beat comes down river! Beaver 

 law says dive and strike water with yonr tail in going ; 

 so travels tlie signal through tlie moonlight. I hear a 

 crashing in tlie brushwood — now my turn comes! A 

 good evening to you ! ' (The Heaver dives.) 



"Splash ! not a Beaver witliin sight. The September 

 moon shows heaps of sticks and black water, while a 

 restless Moose, seeking its mate, wades along the pond 

 edge drinking and snatching mouthfuls of water-lily 

 stems that will be soon cut down by the frost, then 

 bellows a joyful answer to a faint call from far up the 

 river." 



