2i 4 WATCHED BY WILD ANIMALS 



Tracks of six muddy-footed fellows on the 

 snow at the outer end of the successful tunnel 

 told the number who survived the winter's 

 food-shortage. Spring came, and warmth and 

 flood water broke up the ice on the pond about 

 a month after they escaped. No young bea- 

 vers were seen. These surviving beavers lived 

 in bank holes along the stream until summer. 

 Then they wandered away. Late that August 

 they, or six other beavers, came to the place. 

 They completed the dam and repaired the house, 

 and by mid-October had a huge pile of food 

 stored in the pond for the winter. 



