They worked while we were asleep. We 

 now got busy and cut out a new trail 

 around the swamp and the flooded area 

 to connect with the old trail. This 

 makes the walk fully a half mile longer 

 than before the dam was built. 



The Chief Engineer had lived at 

 Cherry Pond ten years. He had brought 

 out a new family of from four to seven 

 individuals every spring. All of these 

 had been housed and fed for two or three 

 years, when they were old enough to 

 emigrate and set up in business anct 

 housekeeping on their own. During 

 these ten years a large quantity of bark 

 had been consumed and poplar, the 

 favorite food of beaver, had practically 

 all been cut ofl. Along the shores and 

 on the islands no more was to be found. 

 It v/as, therefore, necessary to seek new 

 sources of food supply. 



Beyond the swamp, to the northeast 



of the river mouth, there was a grove of 



poplar trees, covering several acres. It 



was nearly a half mile to this grove, but 



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