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and Canada where the name will be preserved 

 by Hterally thousands of towns, villages, rivers, 

 streams, lakes and ponds. In Scotland the beaver 

 continued later than in England, but curiously 

 enough there is nothing to show that it has ever 

 existed in Ireland. 



HINTS ON BEAVER PHOTOGRAPHY. 



Few animals large or small are less suited to 

 photography than the beaver. To begin, they are 

 rather shapeless, with inconspicuous legs, no pattern 

 in the way of colouring, and what makes the work 

 doubly difficult and unsatisfactory is that they are 

 so seldom to be seen by daylight. Add to this the 

 fact that they are usually wet and very shy, and it 

 will be easily understood that the task of securing 

 really good photographs is not easy. I may even 

 say that in all my experience of hunting with the 

 camera no animals have ever given me so much 

 trouble. The best pictures I have ever obtained 

 of lions and other big and dangerous beasts were 

 secured with far less difficulty than even the worst 

 of my beaver studies. This is said so that those 

 who may attempt the work will not be disappointed 

 if success is slow in coming. The surest way is of 

 course by flashlight and the surest place is at the 

 dam. A small break in the structure will be 

 almost certain to induce the beaver to come to 

 repair it, as they don't like to let the water escape. 



