LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiii 



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ORKING ON THE LODGE AND CARRYING BRANCHES TO 



^H THE Winter Store, which is placed in the 

 ^^H Water and quite near the House. (Painting) 176 



^^he Winter Life of the Beaver. (Painting) , 177 



Canal made by Beaver in order to enable Them 

 to transport their wood cuttings from the 

 Source of Supply to the Pond in which the 

 Winter Food Supply is stored. (Painting) . 184i 



Rolling a Log down their Roadway to the Pond, 

 when it will be Floated to the Winter Store. 

 (Painting) 185 



Beavers gathering their supply of Wood. 



(Painting) 196 



Beavers working on their Dam. (Painting) , 197 



Castor fiber — European Beaver .... 202 



Castor canadensis — Canadian Beaver . . . 202 



Castor fiber — European Beaver .... 203 



Castor canadensis — Canadian Beaver . . . 203 



Le Beau's Marvellous Vision, published in 1738 . 212 



In Birch Bark Canoes like this the Beaver Skins 



WERE carried FROM THE WiLDS TO MONTREAL 



and other Centres 213 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT 



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A Beaver Lodge ...... 23 



Section of Beaver Dam ..... 33 



Arrangement of Main and Subsidiary Dams in 



Plan and Section 41 



