xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



TO FACE PACK 



What was originally Forest Land, then for many 

 Years a Beaver Pond or Lake, becomes a rich 

 Meadow, which is ultimately devoted to the 

 Use of Man 149 



An Example of a Diminishing Lake and Corre- 

 sponding Increase in the Size of the " Beaver 

 Meadow " 152 



A Beaver Pond which may eventually become 



Meadow Land . . . . . .153 



A fresh Beaver-cut Stump showing the Keen 



Cutting through the Hard Birch . . .158 



Lodge built by Beaver in the Washington Zoo . 159 



Dam built by Beaver in the Washington Zoo . 159 



The Outcast . . . . . . .162 



A ROUGH Example of Beaver Lodge in which very 



LITTLE Sod or Mud has as yet been used . 163 



Type of Lodge built on an Island . . . 163 



Repairing a Broken Dam ..... 166 



A Subsidiary or Secondary Dam built to support 

 the Main Structure, which may be seen on 

 the Middle and Right Side of the Upper Part 

 OF THE Picture . . . . . .167 



A Fine Example of a Woodland Dam, 365 Feet in 

 Length, of which about 70 Feet was over 

 7 Feet high ....... 174 



In Spite of the Timidity of Beaver they some- 

 times SELECT CURIOUSLY PuBLIC PLACES FOR 



THEIR Scene of Operations .... 175 

 Beavers' Attempt to improve on Man's Work . 175 



