ALONG FOUR-FOOTED TRAILS 



at the thought of this delicious morsel that 

 often constituted a part of his grandfather's 

 feasts ! And last, but not least, the highly prized 

 castor a musk-like fluid, secreted by the 

 beaver and which they deposit upon little mounds 

 of dirt filling the air of the whole neighborhood 

 with its odor. This is the way they have 

 of telling other beavers of their whereabouts. 

 When a beaver smells this peculiar odor he be- 

 comes very much excited and at once makes for 

 the spot when he covers it with dirt and deposits 

 a new supply. Trappers frequently use it in 

 baiting their traps. The Indians consider it a 

 great food delicacy. Each male beaver is supplied 

 with two small sacs containing this fluid. The 

 Indians remove these highly prized sacs from 

 the captured animals and put them in a shady 

 place to dry. During the drying a gummy 

 matter exudes through the sac. It is this 

 gummy substance that the Indians delight to 

 eat. The little bags of fat that are situated next 

 to the sacs of castor have a very strong odor; 

 the Indians use this fat to mix with tobacco and 

 also sometimes as an article of food. 



Just before dark Full Moon, with his boyish 



