were probably made from reclining trunks of 

 lodged aspens which were afterward removed. 

 The average diameter of the aspens cut was four 

 and one half inches at the top of the stump. 

 Numerous seedlings of an inch diameter were 

 cut, and the largest tree felled for this harvest 

 measured fourteen inches across the stump. This 

 had been laid low only a few hours before I found 

 it, and a bushel of white chips and cuttings en- 

 circled the lifeless stump like a wreath. In fall- 

 ing, the top had become entangled in an alder 

 thicket and lodged six feet from the ground. It 

 remained in this position for several days and 

 was apparently abandoned; but the last time I 

 went to see it the alders which upheld it were 

 being cut away. Although the alders were thick 

 upon the ground, only those which had upheld 

 the aspen had been cut. It may be that the 

 beaver which felled them looked and thought 

 before they went ahead with this cutting. 



Why had this and several other large aspens 

 been left uncut in a place where all were con- 

 venient for harvest ? All other neighboring aspens 

 were cut years ago. One explanation is that the 



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