to meet him again, when I shall take 

 those bullets away from him. 



It is now seventeen years since we 

 first met the Chief Engineer. He still 

 retains the monopoly of his trade mark. 

 Within our knowledge, no other beaver 

 has appeared with a white spot on his 

 head. But the Chief shows his age. 

 His brown coat of fur looks faded and 

 grey, and the white spot is less conspic- 

 uous. The Chief was a member of the 

 first colony installed for the purpose 

 of restocking the northern forests; and 

 he has contributed his share, both to 

 increasing the inhabitants and to re- 

 building beaver industries. Every sea- 

 son a new family of four to seven bea- 

 vers have been sent out from his home 

 to start other families, and so they have 

 multiplied in a sort of geometrical pro- 

 gression until now they cover many 

 hundreds of square miles of forest land 

 and water. Early in 1920 the Conser- 

 vation Commissioner of the State of 

 New York estimated that there were 



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