INDEX 
A canals, 80. 
different levels, 82. 
age of beaver work, 50. length, 80, 84. 
age when leaving lodge, 134. 
albinos, 2. origin, 88. 
uses, 80. 
ancestry, 12. Saeneen 
Apl ia, 153. a Le 
ue Castor, 12, 13. 
B geological age, 40. 
Castor cacaetor, 16. 
Castor canadensis belugae, 16. 
Castor canadensis canadensis, 16. 
Castor canadensis carolinensis, 16. 
Castor canadensis frondator, 16. 
Castor canadensis ‘leucodonta, 16. 
Castor canadensis mexicanus, 16. 
Castor canadensis michiganensis, 
16. 
Meee tinties,20: Castor canadensis pacificus, 16. 
Castor canadensis phaeus, 16. 
Benes as Castor canadensis texensis, 16. 
beaver farming, 164. Castor fiber, 13, 17 
beaver skins, 157. Ae 
early trade, 157. 
number sold, 158. 
bait, 146. 
bank beaver, 78. 
beaver, bank, 78. 
derivation of word, 22. 
distribution in North America, 17. 
distribution in Old World, 19. 
European, 13, 17. 
extinction in Great Britain, 22. 
history, 22. 
Castor subauratus shastensis, 16. 
Castor subauratus subauratus, 16. 
castoreum, 146, 162. 
Bap tens analyses, 163. 
number sold at New York sales, : 
158. production, 162. 
sacs, 11. 
Castoridae, 12. 
Castoroides, description, 14. 
geological age, 13. 
prices in recent years, 158. 
symbolical significance, 23. 
weight, 158. 
bobcats killed by beaver, 151. 
breeding habits, 132. EEA d. 13 
burrows, 78. me pep aaa as 
length, 79. Gravis O- 
close seasons, 160, 161. 
C Coleoptera, 153. 
Cambrensis, Geraldus, account of, color, 1. 
22. corn eaten 105. 
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