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his scent, but I managed to learn that he uses 

 the castors and oil of the beaver for the pur- 

 pose. Out of the water the old trapper drew 

 the beaver, caught by his front foot and 

 drowned by the stone of the trap holding him 

 under the water. After the beaver had been 



Eeflection through the Cottonwoods. 



taken out, the trap was reset for another. The 

 value of the beaver to the trapper varied ac- 

 cording to size and condition, my companion 

 informing me that his catch during the winter 

 numbered twenty, averaging him eight dol- 

 lars apiece. 



