about thirty feet above the water and 

 fifty feet from the shore of the lake. 

 A number of shade trees have been 

 planted on the grounds about the house. 

 Among these were two poplar trees 

 which we had carefully nursed for five 

 years, and they were growing fine. One 

 of them was directly in front of the cot- 

 tage and twenty feet from the steps. 

 It was six inches in diameter. The 

 other tree was four inches in diameter 

 and about thirty feet from one side of 

 the house. 



A mile up the lake was a large beaver 

 house. The shores near this house on 

 both sides of the lake, were lined with 

 poplar trees and an island near by was 

 covered with them. One night a beaver 

 from this colony came down the lake 

 and cut down the poplar tree in front 

 of our door, cut it into suitable lengths 

 and towed it back up the lake to his 

 house. In the morning all that was 

 left where my tree stood, was a stump 

 and some chips. The following night 



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