BEAVER LODGES AND BURROWS. 151 



previously considered. One other bank lodge only 

 will be described, and it will differ from the last in 

 being situated wholly upon land. It is located on a 

 neck of land formed by a bend in Carp River below 

 dam No. 50, and is shown in Plate XIV. 



Across the neck a beaver canal had been cut, about 

 five feet wide on an average, and three feet deep, at 

 one of the junctions of which with the river the 

 lodge is situated. The river here passes through low 

 and swampy ground, and is broad and sluggish. At 

 hidi water there would be a current throuo-h the 

 canal but for a small dam thrown across in front of 

 the lodge, by which it is prevented. The difference 

 of level in the river at the two ends of the canal can- 

 not exceed an inch. In a subsequent chapter the 

 nature and uses of the canals, which have occasionally 

 been referred to, will be considered. 



To reach this lodge we descended the river in a 

 boat.^ It was opened and measured in September, 

 1862; it was of ordinary size and appearance, and 

 gave the following external measurements: 



From base, measured over apex, and parallel with canal. 16 feet 2 inches. 



Diameter at base line 10 " 



From base over apex at right angles with canal 14 " 9 inches. 



Diameter at base line 10 " 



Vertical height of lodge above level of ground 3 " 



Height of ground above level of river 10 inches. 



On the top of the lodge we found about three arm- 

 fuls of the cuttings, of the previous fall, which had 

 been denuded of bark and distributed irregularly over 

 its roof Having removed the loose sticks and poles, 



^ My estimable friend, Rev. Heuiy Fowler, of Auburn, N. Y., 

 was my companion on this occasion. 



