BEAVERS AT A HIGH ALTITUDE 



may sound astonishing, but none the less it is true. 

 To this day I have found no one who could explain 

 to me how the animals managed to climb up so far 

 and make their homes under the conditions prevailing 

 there. The fact surprised me greatly, and had I not 

 seen the dams with my own eyes I might have doubted 

 their existence at such an elevation. 



So far as bird-life was concerned this particular 

 Canadian trip was not a great success. Really, the 

 only thing of any interest I saw was when I watched 

 a pair of loons making a tremendous fuss over their 

 two young ones. 



My return journey from Mr. Pratt's place does not 

 rank amongst my pleasant memories. Until I started 

 for Newcastle everything had been most enjoyable, 

 even though I had not got all the photographs I had 

 hoped to secure ; but I set out in the rain, with a 

 hundred-and-twenty-mile trip on horseback before me, 

 and the rain never ceased. It was still pouring when 

 I dismounted at Newcastle Station. 



From this place I returned via Montreal to New 

 York, intending, if possible, to take some pictures of 

 wild life in the United States. 



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