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A Trapper and Trader of the Old Regime 115 



From "Illustrated Montreal," by permission J. McConniflf. 



Lake Superior, or The Spirit Land 118 



Beaver Fur, Magnified 50 Diameters 122 



St. Clement, Patron Saint of the Hatters 123 



Modifications of the Beaver Hat 125 



The Hood, or Beaver Hat in its First Form 128 



Beaver Fur, Magnified 250 Diameters 132 



Diagram of a Beaver Hunt — 1704 137 



The Beaver Hunting Country of the Six Nation Indians — 1749 141 



Beaver Trap, with Clutch 146 



Quickwahay — The "Beaver Eater" 149 



The Deadfall (as now used for Mink or Sable) 152 



The Marquis of Bute's Beaver Enclosure — July 18S9 163 



" No Person Allowed Within the Beaver Enclosure " 170 



Beaver's Head (Study from Still Life) 175 



Tail of the Beaver — Direct from Nature 179 



Skulls Showing the Features on which the Specific Difference is based . 183 



Artistic Taxidermy Applied to the Beaver 186 



This group has been presented to the Redpath Museum, McGill 

 College, in the name of the late Roswell C. Lyman. 



Taxidermic Monstrosities 188 



Postage Stamp, issued 1851 192 



Seals of the New Netherlands 195 



Coat of Arms of the City of Montreal 196 



Early Arms of Canada (unauthenticated) 199 



Suggestion for a Complete Coat of Arms for the Dominion of Canada . . 201 



Platypsyllus Castoris 235 



