x LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



TO FACE PACK 



A BEAVER DAM ABOUT 500 FEET LONG BUT ONLY 



4 FEET IN HEIGHT ,.., , lf t*, 86 

 BIRCH TREE PARTLY CUT THROUGH BY BEAVER . 87 



A LODGE BUILT ON THE BANK OF SANDY RIVER (NEW- 

 FOUNDLAND), WITH A LARGE STORE OF LOGS AND 

 BRUSH PILED IN THE WATER FOR WlNTER USE . 90 



BEAVER SHORT-CUT PATH FROM POND TO RIVER SHOWN 



IN DIAGRAM . V 91 



A BEAVER'S ROAD FROM THE WOODS TO THE WATER . 91 



BEAVER STRIKING THE WATER WITH HIS TAIL AS A 



SIGNAL OF ALARM . ' < . . . 94 



THE END OF THE SPLASH AS THE BEAVER DISAPPEARS 



AFTER SOUNDING THE SIGNAL OF ALARM . . 95 



LODGE BUILT AMONG ALDERS V ... 98 



THE ORDINARY TYPE OF DAM FOUND IN A FAIRLY FLAT 



DISTRICT (NEWFOUNDLAND) f -. t .^^. . . 98 



PART OF A POPLAR GROVE WHICH WAS COMPLETELY CUT 



DOWN BY A SMALL COLONY OF BEAVER . . 99 



THE BEAVERS' DINING PLACE SHOWN BY THE PEELED 



STICKS .- ', r**''i.M : *^M; < .>* < *v.V*.f . 108 



THE BEAVERS' SUMMER HOME . . . . 108 



BEAVER CUTTINGS, SEVEN-EIGHTHS NATURAL SIZE . 109 



A LARGE BIRCH TREE VERY CLUMSILY CUT . .112 



BEAVER CUTTING UP A BIRCH BRANCH . . .113 



BEAVER'S LODGE WHICH HAS RECEIVED PART OF ITS 



WINTER COAT OF MUD AND SOD 116 



