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* Pig 
Works only at Night.....sscccesscecses soeccecces 264 
Diving and Swimming.......sccceseeerencccnscenss B65 
Protection against Frost.....cccsceececcccserecccses 265 
Beaver Beds........ Sia Mia tee RSs wre ee eioiewesiasessiecieies » LOB 
TLabits in Travelling..... pace eccercceeseeesencncs 265 
Lazy Beavers or “ Paresseux”.....ecccecccecececeess 266 
Habits of the “ Paresseux”.....2.00 eeceeescseese es 266 
Beaver Catching Season......ceseccccesecccreeeeees 267 
Weight of the Beaver... ..cssceceeccceccuscccsones 2A7 
Beaver Tails eaten... ......ccececcccceceveccccccces 267 
Mode of Hunting the Beaver in Winter.... .......-- 268 - 
A Domesticated Beaver. ........cce ccc cree ceeeeee 269 
THE JAGUAR 
Of American Animals the most to be dreaded......... 27€ 
Equal to the Tiger in Fierceness.........ceseceeeeeees 271 
Haunts and Habits of the Jaguar.........eeeeeeeees 271 
Roams abroad through the whole Night............. 271 
Lies in wait at Salt Licks... .....cccceecesccesnesse OT 
Preys on Colts and Calves....ssesssceescssecesesces 272 
Sneaking Habits........cccccecccececccececcceeces 272 
The Jaguar’s Mode of seizing its Prey.....sseeeseeeee 278 
Wolves and the Jaguar........cesceeecceccccscces 274 
Colonel Hays and the Jaguar.......ssseeseceseecees 274 
Skin highly prized... ...ccesecseececccsceessccseees 275 
Sometimes prowl in Pairs......csereerecccccccececes 215 
Anecdote of the Jaguar.....cesecccccccecccncscsces 216 
Subject to Fits of Bad Temper.....ccescccecccceeres 217 
Great Strength... .....ccceeccecncececccsescccsens 217 
Sometimes attacks the Human Species....... 00.0004. 277 
CHAPTER XX. 
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT, 
