THE ROMANCE 

 OF THE BEAVER 



the History of the Beaver in the Western 

 Hemisphere. 



A. RADGLYFFE DUGMORE 



F.R.G.S., F.E.C.S. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS FROM 

 LIFE AND DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR 



Should you ask where Nawadaha 

 Found these songs, so wild and wayward, 

 Found these legends and traditions, 

 I should answer, I should tell you, 

 " In the birds'-nests of the forest, 

 In the lodges of the beaver." 



The Song of Hiawatha. 



PHILADELPHIA : 



J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 



LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN 



