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TO FACE PAOH 



RECENTLY MADE DAM . .frft /'.-. *. ; ;-, . 52 



A PROLONGED RAIN FLOODED THE STREAM AND 



THREATENED TO CARRY AWAY THE DAM, SO THE 

 BEAVER MADE AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE 

 WATER ESCAPED AND THE DAM WAS SAVED . 52 



THE SAME DAM AS SHOWN IN PREVIOUS ILLUSTRATION, 

 BUT SEEN FROM ABOVE IN ORDER THAT THE OPEN- 

 ING MADE BY THE BEAVER MIGHT BE MORE CLEARLY 



SEEN j"; ^;-. ! . ' , ; ; : . ' . .^ .-'_ . 53 



Two SUBSIDIARY OR SECONDARY DAMS ... 53 

 IN THIS RAPID STREAM (NEWFOUNDLAND) THE BEAVER 



SELECTED THE ONLY POSSIBLE PLACE FOR THEIR 



DAM -,.''.. t ^ j,,.,^^., . ..* .,> ^- ' 58 



THE LOG (CUT BY LUMBER-MEN) SEEN IN THE FORE- 

 GROUND EVIDENTLY SUGGESTED TO THE BEAVER 

 THE SITE FOR THEIR DAM, AND IS AN ILLUSTRATION 

 OF HOW THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CONDITIONS . 58 



A BIRCH TREE THAT LODGED . ' . i* ' . 59 



AN ABANDONED BEAVER DAM OVER 300 FEET LONG . 62 



STUMP ON A DAM CUT FROM THE SURFACE OF SNOW . 63 

 A TREE WHICH WAS EVIDENTLY CUT WHEN THE GROUND 



WAS COVERED WITH SNOW, AS THE TOP OF THE 



STUMP is OVER 4 FEET HIGH . . .^ . 63 

 BEAVERS' BLAZING OR MARKING ON A BIRCH TREE . 70 

 A MOST INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF BEAVER CUTTING . 70 



THIS SHOWS THAT SECOND THOUGHTS ARE BEST 71 



