the two families living together all win- 

 ter. Another story relates how a mother 

 beaver was killed, when another immed- 

 iately adopted the five orphans and 

 brought them up with her own children. 

 We have recorded above, instances 

 where the Chief Engineer was contri- 

 buting his remarkable skill and exper- 

 ience toward solving the problems of 

 his friends in widely separated parts of 

 the forest. And we believe he did not 

 insist upon union rules in regard to 

 wage, hours of labor, or minimum out- 

 put. 



Our observations justify the belief 

 that at least some beavers have a sense 

 of humor. We mention two incidents 

 in support of the theory. One day on 

 the big lake, near the hotel, I saw two 

 girls about twelve years of age, in a 

 canoe. These girls were chasing a 

 beaver. The beaver was swimming on 

 the surface and he was more than half 

 a mile from his house. He could easily 

 have outdistanced the canoe and got 



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