494 



This is believed to have been the hist ElU taken iu 

 I'eiinsylvaiiia. 



THE BE AVER. 



The broad-tailed IJeaver, a valuable fur-beariug 

 animal, mauy yeai's ago was abundant in different 

 sections of this State. One may at the present time 

 find renuiinss of tlieir ancient dwelling- places about 

 strean.is and dams. The former presence of these in- 

 telligent animals in numerous localities is further at- 

 tested by such familiar and suggestive names as 

 Beaver Dam, Beaver Creek, Beaver Meadows, etc. 

 According to Mr. George K. Boak, Pine Glen, Pa., the 

 Beaver was found in Centre county about 30 years ago, 

 but like the Wolk, Elk and Panther, which also occur- 

 red there, all have been exterminated. Mr. Abraham 

 Neveling, an aged and well-informed naturalist, of 

 Coalport, Pa., says, "The last Beaver was trapped in 

 Clearfield county in 1837." The latest record of the 

 capture of this species in Pennsylvania, of which I can 

 find any record of reliability, is that made by Mr. S. N. 

 Rhoads, who quotes as follows, from Mr. Seth Nelson, 

 Jr.: 



"The last (Beaver taken in this State) was liilled on Pine 

 Creek, nine years ago (1884). A part of.Pine Creek is in Clinton 

 county, and part in Tioga county, but the Beaver was started 

 in Potter county and followed down through Tioga county, 

 and killed in Clinton county.' 



BEAVERS IN "OLD VIRGINIA." 



If the natural history student desires to study the 

 Beaver on his native heath, he can at a very moderate 

 money outlay and in a short time, find them at home in 

 the swampy woods of Surrey county, Virginia, where 

 last year the writer found freshly fallen trees cut 



