leaves that fell found lodgment in the fresh plaster 

 of two new houses. 



In the new Moraine Colony one of the houses 

 was torn to pieces by some animal, probably a 

 bear. This was before Thanksgiving. About mid- 

 winter a prospector left his tunnel a few miles 

 away, came to the colony and dynamited a house, 

 and "got seven of them." Next year two houses 

 were built on the ruins of the two just fallen. 

 That year's harvest-home was broken by deadly 

 attacks of enemies. In gathering the harvest the 

 beavers showed a preference for some aspens that 

 were growing in a moist place about one hundred 

 feet from the water. Whether it was the size of 

 these or their peculiar flavor that determined 

 their election in preference to nearer ones, I could 

 not determine. One day, while several beavers 

 were cutting here, they were surprised by a moun- 

 tain lion which leaped upon and killed one of the 

 harvesters. The next day the lion surprised and 

 killed another. Two or three days later a coyote 

 killed one on the same blood-stained spot, and 

 then overtook and killed two others as they fled 

 for the water. I could not see these deadly attacks 



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