256 NOTES ON THE BEAVERS AT LEONARDSLEE. 



born in May or June 1916, therefore she was only just two years 

 old when this little one was born. 



It will be interesting to see how long it will take the young 

 one to grow to " rabbit " size. 



Now that there are two females bearing young ones, it will be 

 difficult or impossible to make any exact observations. 



It is certain that the old female had young ones twice in one 

 year: in October 1916 (seen December 1916) and in May 1917 

 (seen July 1917), and it is probable that she had young ones on 

 the following dates : — 



April 1916, 



October 1916, 

 May 1917, 



December 1917. 



For some periods Beavers will show up continually in the day- 

 light, and then will come an interval when they are seldom on 

 view, or only one or two. 



When the pair of Canadian Beavers first arrived in January 

 1916, I saw only one at a time for several months, until at last 

 I was afraid that one must have died ; but, just as I had come to 

 this conclusion, I saw the two together on the bank. 



To get accurate statistics is not so easy as might be imagined, 

 but I think that the notes I have made are not far from the 

 truth. 



