X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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A Beaver Dam about 500 Feet long but only 



4J Feet in Height 86 



Birch Tree partly cut through by Beaver . 87 



A Lodge built on the Bank of Sandy River (New- 

 foundland), WITH A large Store of Logs and 

 Brush piled in the Water for Winter Use . 90 



Beaver short-cut Path from Pond to River shown 



in Diagram 91 



A Beaver's Road from the Woods to the Water . 91 



Beaver striking the Water with his Tail as a 



Signal of Alarm ...... 94 



The End of the Splash as the Beaver disappears 



AFTER Sounding the Signal of Alarm . . 95 



Lodge built among Alders .... 98 



The Ordinary Type of Dam found in a fairly Flat 



District (Newfoundland) .... 98 



Part of a Poplar Grove which was completely cut 



DOWN BY A SMALL COLONY OF BeAVER . . 99 



The Beavers' Dining Place shown by the Peeled 



Sticks 108 



The Beavers' Summer Home .... 108 



Beaver Cuttings, seven-eighths Natural Size . 109 



A LARGE Birch Tree very clumsily cut . .112 



Beaver cutting up a Birch Branch . . .113 



Beaver's Lodge which has received Part of its 



Winter Coat of Mud and Sod . . . 116 



