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BEAVER. 
40. Castor, 
Descriprion. 
Brac 
CG SACS ee & By y; 
HIST QUAD: Gris vs XXVII.. 
Hift. Quad. N° 251.—=Swellie, vs 21.—Lev. Mus. 
EAVER.. With a blunt nofe: ears fhort, rounded,.and hid im 
the fur: eyes fmall: very ftrong cutting teeth: hair of a deep 
chefnut brown: fore feet fmall, and the toes divided : hind feet large,. 
and the toes webbed :- the tail eleven inches long, and three broad; 
almoft oval, flat, and covered with thin. {fcales. 
The ufual length, from nofe to tail, is about two feet four; but T° 
have meafured the fkin of one, which was near three feet long. 
Beavers vary incolor. They are fometimes found of a-deep black, 
efpecially in the north. In Sir A/bton Lever’s mufeum is a{pecimen 
quite white. As they advance fouthward, the beauty of their fur- 
decreafes. Among the J//inois they are tawny, and even.as pale as 
ftraw color *. ; 
In North America thefe animals are found in great plenty. all round: 
Hudfon’s Bay, and as low. as Carolina ¢ and Louifiana{.. They are 
not known in Haft Florida §. The fpecies alfo.ceafes before it arrives 
in South America. To fpeak with precifion, it commences. in lat. 60,, 
or about the river of Seals, in Hudfon’s Bay ; and 1s loft in lat. 30, in: 
Louifiana. 
From Hudfon’s Bay and Canzda,.\ can trace them weftward to 120: 
degrees of longitude,.as far as the traét weft of Lac. Rouge, or the. 
Red lake |].. The want of difcovery prevents. us from knowing whe- 
ther they are continued to the weftern extremity. of this great conti-- 
nent oppofite to 4a : probably they are, for.the Ruffian adventurers 
got fome of their fkins on the ifle of Kadjak, which the natives muft 
* Charlevoix, V. 140% + Larw/fars + DuPratz, ii. 69. § Accoane: 
2of Eaft Florida; 50. i. Dobbs, 35. h 
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