CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



INTRODUCTION 1 



I. THE BEAVERS OF NORTH AMERICA. THEIR 

 HABITS OF LIFE AND THEIR WONDERFUL 

 ENGINEERING FEATS .... 5 



II. THE LIFE OF A BEAVER COLONY ... 79 



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III. RESULTS OF BEAVERS' WORK IN WHAT WAY 



MAN DERIVES BENEFIT FROM THE EN- 

 GINEERING FEATS OF THE COUNTLESS 

 GENERATIONS OF BEAVERS METHODS FOR 

 THEIR PROTECTION .... 140 



IV. BEAVER AND CANADIAN HISTORY SHOWING 



SOMETHING OF THE PART PLAYED BY THEM 



IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY . 178 



V. THE BEAVER AS A SPECIES . . . . 205 



