CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



Introduction ...... 1 



I. The Beavers of North America. Their , 

 Habits of Life and their Wonderful 

 Engineering Feats .... 5 



II. The Life of a Beaver Colony ... 79 



III. Results of Beavers' Work — In what way 



Man derives Benefit from the En- 

 gineering Feats of the Countless 

 Generations of Beavers — Methods for 

 their Protection . . . .140 



IV. Beaver and Canadian History — Showing 



something of the Part played by Them 



IN THE Development of the Country . 178 



V. The Beaver as a Species .... 205 



