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was, the survivors remained hidden in the pond all 

 that night and the following day, and then, filled 

 with fear lest their enemies might return, they 

 hastened forward toward their destination, which 

 was reached without further mishap. Then came 

 the question of whether it would be better to make 

 one pond and all live together in two houses, or 

 whether two separate ponds should be made. The 

 stream was small and the contour of the land did 

 not offer facilities for making a large pond as the 

 valley was narrow. So after careful investigation 

 they made two narrow, long ponds within a few 

 hundred yards of each other. The lower one 

 received an additional supply of water from a second 

 stream which joined the main one about a hundred 

 yards above the place where they decided to put 

 the dam. 



It is unnecessary to relate how they carried on 

 all the work for the new colony, as the methods 

 differed in no essential way from what has already 

 been told. The same sort of dams were built, 

 except that more stone was used and more dry 

 wood. The supply of mud being very limited, 

 owing to the rapidity of the stream, the dam was 

 largely filled in with sod, clumps weighing fifteen 

 or twenty pounds being dragged into position. 

 Two lodges were built, one in each pond. Six 

 beavers lived in the upper lodge and twelve in the 

 lower one. The entire work was completed before 

 the cold weather began, and we may well leave 



