INDEX 



American beaver: history of 

 species, 205-7 ; description, 

 with illustrations, 208-14 



Anecdotes : repairing a dam, 

 45-46 ; averting a threatened 

 danger, 47 ; a tragedy, 113- 

 14 ; a pet beaver, 172 



Beaver, the : appearance, 

 208-13; character, 136-39; 

 danger of extermination, 

 200-204 ; as food, 198 ; 

 history of species, 205-6 ; as 

 housekeeper, 26; intelligence . 

 of, 53, 61, 64-72 ; language, 

 169 ; as pets, 172-73 ; pro- 

 tection of, see below; rules 

 and regulations of Beaver- 

 dom, 167-68 ; timidity of, 

 5-6 ; travelling on land, 131, 

 214 ; travelling in the water, 

 77-78, 213 ; work of, see 

 below. 



Beaver, protection of, 162-162, 

 174 ; Hudson Bay Com- 

 pany's policy, 194-95, 200 



Beaver-colony, life of a, 79- 

 128, 133-39 ; illustrations, 

 80-81 ; moving to new quar- 

 ters, 129-32 



Beaver-medicine, origin of, 

 179-81 



Beaver -parks, 154-59 



Beaver -pond, 80-81 (illus.). See 

 also Dam -building. 



Beaver work : age of, 144 ; 



benefit of to man, 140-52 ; 



compared with man's work, 



128-29, 149-50 ; effect of on 



Canadian history, 178-204 ; 



methods of, 13-14, 124-25; 



a typical night's employment, 



8-13 

 Bedding, 22-24; 98-99 

 Blazing of trees, 52-53 

 Bryce, Dr., quoted^ 199 



Canadian beaver, classification 



of, 217-18 

 Canal-building, 66-78 ; 115-16 

 Captive beaver, story of, 162-72 

 Castoreum, 205, 215-16 



Dam-building, 31-50, (illus.) 

 33, 41; pond (illus.) 80-81; 

 benefit of to man, 141-49 



Danger-signal, 108, 114, 128 



European beaver : history of 

 species, 206-7 ; description, 

 with illustration, 208-14 ; 

 habitat, 206, 218-19 



Farmers, 145, 176-77 

 Fishermen, 151 

 Floods, 147-49 



