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Recently made Dam ...... 52 



A PROLONGED RaIN FLOODED THE STREAM AND 

 THREATENED TO CARRY AWAY THE DaM, SO THE 



Beaver made an Opening through which the 

 Water escaped and the Dam was saved . 52 



The same Dam as shown in previous Illustration, 



BUT seen from above IN ORDER THAT THE OPEN- 

 ING MADE BY THE BeAVER MIGHT BE MORE CLEARLY 

 SEEN ........ 53 



Two Subsidiary or Secondary Dams ... 53 

 In this Rapid Stream (Newfoundland) the Beaver 



SELECTED THE ONLY POSSIBLE PlACE FOR THEIR 



Dam 58 



The Log (cut by Lumber-men) seen in the Fore- 

 ground EVIDENTLY SUGGESTED TO THE BeAVER 



THE Site for their Dam, and is an Illustration 



OF HOW THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CONDITIONS . 58 



A Birch Tree that Lodged .... 59 



An Abandoned Beaver Dam over 300 Feet long . 62 



Stump on a Dam cut from the Surface of Snow . 63 



A Tree which was evidently cut when the Ground 

 was covered with Snow, as the Top of the 

 Stump is over 4 Feet high . . . .63 



Beavers' Blazing or Marking on a Birch Tree . 70 



A MOST Interesting Example of Beaver Cutting . 70 



This shows that Second Thoughts are Best . 71 



