TRACKS AND TRACKING 



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BEAVER. (ABOUT ONE-HALF NATURAL SIZE) 

 (A) Track of right hind foot. (B) Track of right forefoot. 



the trappers, must bear the blame, for without 

 the consent of the former the trapper could not 

 even have decreased the number of them without 

 endangering his own liberty. 



Where the beaver is protected, he increases 

 rapidly, and if hunted with a rifle, he affords as 



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