years ago, while studying gla- 

 ciation on the slope of Long's Peak, I 

 came upon a cluster of eight beaver houses. 

 These crude, conical mud huts were in a forest 

 pond far up on the mountainside. In this colony 

 of our first engineers were so many things of 

 interest that the fascinating study of the dead 

 Ice King's ruins and records was indefinitely 

 given up in order to observe Citizen Beaver's 

 works and ways. 



The industrious beaver builds a permanent 

 home, keeps it clean and in repair, and beside 

 it stores food supplies for winter. He takes 

 thought for the morrow. These and other com- 

 mendable characteristics give him a place of 

 honor among the horde of homeless, hand-to- 

 mouth folk of the wild. His picturesque works 

 add a charm to nature and are helpful to man- 

 kind. His dams and ponds have saved vast 



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